How do you represent the (decimal) integer 50 in, oh, "hexadecimal," otherwise known as base-16?

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unklerhaukus · Answer

in decimal,     050 
means   0x10^2 + 5x10 + 0x1

in hexadecimal  050 
would mean  0x16^2 + 5x16 + 0x1,    (ie  90 in decimal )
which is much too big

 we want 
             ???x16^2 + ??x16 + ?x1      to equal 50 in decimal

unklerhaukus · Answer

16^2 is equal to 256,     this is larger than 50, so `???` is 0

16 is less than 50 so `??` will not be zero,

to find `??` , see how many whole  16's you can fit into 50

mathmate · Answer

Do a short division and collect the remainders.
Here's an example for converting 423 base 10 to hexadecimal.
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