Question

How will you convert a decimal fraction into its hexadecimal form by a process of repeated division and repeated multiplication?

Answer 1

To convert a decimal fraction into hexadecimal, we will first check the highest power of 16 which can divide the number. We will divide the number by highest power of 16 and then find the remainder.

We will then divide the remainder by the number which second highest power of 16 which could have divided the number. We will continue to do use until the remainder is in between 0 to 15. Similarly we can reverse the process.