You can use the built-in Calculator in Windows to carry out Decimal to Binary conversions. The Windows Calculator file is a UWP app and to open it, type calc in the Start Search bar, and hit Enter ...

Let's take the example further, and convert each hexadecimal digit to its decimal equivalent and then add them: (16 2 x 1) + (16 0 x 15) + (16 0 x 4) = (256 + 240 + 4) = 500. Hex and binary in action.

The bc command works just as well with binary as it does with hex and octal, so we can also convert numbers to binary. Here’s the command to display decimal 16 as a binary number: $ echo ...

In hex, numbers between zero and nine are represented as they are in decimal, with number ten using the letter A, then 11 as B and so on up to F, which is 15. The 12 is therefore C in hexadecimal.

The binary conversion function has an index of 0 to 18, while the BCD conversion function uses an index of 0 to 20. The decimal range of 0 to 99,999 determines these indices.

Create a table with headings Binary and Hex, or use an existing one. Under the hex heading type =BIN2HEX(A2,5).. A2 is the Binary number you want to convert.