Convert 9 from decimal to hexadecimal
(base 16) notation:
Raise our base of 16 to a power
Start at 0 and increasing by 1 until it is >= 9
160 = 1
161 = 16 <--- Stop: This is greater than 9
Since 16 is greater than 9, we use 1 power less as our starting point which equals 0
Work backwards from a power of 0
We start with a total sum of 0:
The highest coefficient less than 15 we can multiply this by to stay under 9 is 9
Multiplying this coefficient by our original value, we get: 9 * 1 = 9
Add our new value to our running total, we get:
0 + 9 = 9
This = 9, so we assign our outside coefficient of 9 for this digit.
Our new sum becomes 9
Our hexadecimal notation is now equal to 9