Topic 35 Resources
Students need to understand:
Numbers
how to convert positive denary whole numbers (0–255) into 2 digit hexadecimal numbers and vice versa
how to convert from binary to hexadecimal equivalents and vice versa
Choose from the following to help you learn:
Books
CAMBRIDGE Computer Science:
Pages 136-139. Sections "Hexadecimal"
ROBSON & HEATHCOTE Computer Science (9-1):
Page 139 & 140. Section "Hexadecimal number system".
SUSAN ROBSON GCSE Computing(3rd edition):
Page 53 to 54, including sections on converting to hexadecimal on the top half of Page 54.
SUSAN ROBSON GCSE Computing(2012):
Page 13 to 14, including sections on converting to hexadecimal on the top half of Page 14
AXSIED GCSE Computer Science (3rd edition):
Page 127, R64 "Hexadecimal to Denary", Page 129, R65 "Denary to Hexadecimal" and Page 131, R66 "Hexadecimal and Binary Conversions"
ROUSE & O'BYRNE GCSE(9-1) Computer Science:
Pages 149-151. Sections "Denary to Hexadecimal" and "Hexadecimal to Denary"
Web Sites
- BBC Bitesize: Page 5 Hexadecimal
- Cambridge MOOC: Section 34: Hexadecimal numbers
- Wikipedia: Hexadecimal and Conversion
- Wiki How: Convert Decimal to Hexadecimal, Convert Hexadecimal to Binary or Decimal, Convert Binary to Hexadecimal (3 articles)
- Teach-ICT: Sections 1, 4, 5, 6-11: Hexadecimal Numbers
YouTube
- MrDMcKnight: Watch all (5:55). Converting between hexadecimal and denary
- MrDMcKnight: Watch all (8:34). Converting between hexadecimal and binary
- MrJBilton: Watch all (1:21). Understand hexadecimal
- MrJBilton: Watch all (1:07). Convert between binary and hexadecimal numbers
- Computer Science Tutor: Watch from 0:13 to 12:10. Hexadecimal
- Cambridge GCSE Computing: Watch all (1:50) Hexadecimal numbers, Part A
- Cambridge GCSE Computing: Watch all (1:24) Hexadecimal numbers, Part B
- Cambridge GCSE Computing: Watch all (1:24) Hexadecimal numbers, Part C
- MrDMcKnight: Watch all (3:05) Hex to Denary Demo