Different Based Math

That's very interesting. However, since I'll compare base16 math to a second language, would you say you calculate in base16 with the same speed as you can handle base10 math or would you say your base16 math is slower, if not a lot, slightly.

This isn't too bad so long as you remember the basic times tables.

\	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	a	b	c	d	e	f
1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	a	b	c	d	e	f
2	2	4	6	8	a	c	e	10	12	14	16	18	1a	1c	1e
3	3	6	9	c	f	12	15	18	1b	1e	21	24	27	3a	3d
4	4	8	c	10	14	18	1c	20	24	28	2c	30	34	38	3c
...

Then you just do the same thing as normally in math

Code:

23
x 14
====
  9c
23
2bc

Standard "tricks" still apply, just shifted to account for the change in base. Like 16 is divisible by 2, 4, 8 - so those tables are easy. (like 5 times tables in base 10). And since F is the (b-1) number, multiplying it looks a lot similar - 5*F = 4B, A*F = 96, etc. - the digits add up to multiples of F.