Shortcut method – Hexadecimal to Binary

Steps                      

●      Step 1 – Convert each hexadecimal digit to a 4 digit binary number (the hexadecimal digits may be treated as decimal for this conversion).

●      Step 2 – Combine all the resulting binary groups (of 4 digits each) into a single binary number.

Example

Hexadecimal Number : 15₁₆

Calculating Binary Equivalent:

Step	Hexadecimal Number	Binary Number
Step 1	1516	110 510
Step 2	1516	00012 01012
Step 3	1516	000101012

Hexadecimal Number : 15₁₆ = Binary Number : 10101₂