Centre, OSRAM INDIA Private Limited, Sonepat Slide: 18 Octal & Hexa-decimal Numbers: The base of a number system equals the number of digits it uses. Decimal uses 10 digits 0 to 9. Binary uses 2 digits 0 & 1. Octal uses 8 digits 0 to 7 & Hexa-decimal uses 10 digits & 6 alphabet. They are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E & F.