Hexadecimal is just base16
find the biggest exponent of 16 that goes into 1000
162 = 256 goes in there 3 times with 232 left over first number is 3 x x
now what exponent of 16 goes into 232 16 goes in there 14 with 8 left over
hexadecimal numbers are 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 14 corresponds to E
so the second number is 'E' 3Ex
the leftover '8' goes in the last slot ....it represents 160 x 8 with no leftover
so our hex equivalent of 1000 becomes 3 E 8