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Advanced Hexadecimal

January 17, 2018Original blog post

A student asks if a class labeled MATH 101 is Advanced Hexadecimal. The teacher says that's a common mistake: 101 in hexadecimal is 257, so that would be Math 257.

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[Board: "MATH 101"] Student: "Sorry, is this Advanced Hexadecimal?" Teacher: "Common mistake. That's Math 257."

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-01-17-advanced-hexadecimal/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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