Converter of signed binary two's complement: converting to decimal system (base ten) integer numbers

Convert signed binary two's complement numbers to decimal system (base ten) integers

Entered binary number length must be: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 - otherwise extra bits on 0 will be added in front (to the left).

How to convert a signed binary number in two's complement representation to an integer in base ten:

1) In a signed binary two's complement, first bit (leftmost) indicates the sign, 1 = negative, 0 = positive.

2) Get the signed binary representation in one's complement, subtract 1 from the initial number.

3) Construct the unsigned binary number: flip all the bits in the signed binary one's complement representation (reversing the digits) - replace the bits set on 1 with 0s and the bits on 0 with 1s.

4) Multiply each bit of the binary number by its corresponding power of 2 that its place value represents.

5) Add all the terms up to get the positive integer number in base ten.

6) Adjust the sign of the integer number by the first bit of the initial binary number.

Latest binary numbers in two's complement representation converted to signed integers in decimal system (base ten)

0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 0100 0111 1101 converted from: signed binary two's complement representation, to signed integer = 16,774,269 May 29 15:56 UTC (GMT)
1111 0101 1001 0100 converted from: signed binary two's complement representation, to signed integer = -2,668 May 29 15:55 UTC (GMT)
1000 1011 converted from: signed binary two's complement representation, to signed integer = -117 May 29 15:55 UTC (GMT)
1111 0001 1001 0000 converted from: signed binary two's complement representation, to signed integer = -3,696 May 29 15:54 UTC (GMT)
0111 1011 1100 0000 0000 1001 1001 0000 0000 0011 0010 0010 0011 0010 0010 1000 converted from: signed binary two's complement representation, to signed integer = 8,917,137,776,326,095,400 May 29 15:52 UTC (GMT)
1110 1110 0101 1100 converted from: signed binary two's complement representation, to signed integer = -4,516 May 29 15:51 UTC (GMT)
1111 1001 1101 1110 converted from: signed binary two's complement representation, to signed integer = -1,570 May 29 15:51 UTC (GMT)
1111 0100 1000 1000 converted from: signed binary two's complement representation, to signed integer = -2,936 May 29 15:49 UTC (GMT)
1101 1111 1110 0100 1011 1101 1100 1000 converted from: signed binary two's complement representation, to signed integer = -538,657,336 May 29 15:48 UTC (GMT)
0001 0100 0111 1010 1110 0001 0100 1101 converted from: signed binary two's complement representation, to signed integer = 343,597,389 May 29 15:48 UTC (GMT)
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1110 1010 1000 converted from: signed binary two's complement representation, to signed integer = 137,438,953,128 May 29 15:48 UTC (GMT)
0000 0001 1111 1111 1111 1111 1101 1011 0111 0101 1111 0011 0000 0100 0010 0111 converted from: signed binary two's complement representation, to signed integer = 144,115,031,140,926,503 May 29 15:46 UTC (GMT)
1111 1101 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1000 converted from: signed binary two's complement representation, to signed integer = -144,115,188,075,855,880 May 29 15:46 UTC (GMT)
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How to convert signed binary numbers in two's complement representation from binary system to decimal

To understand how to convert a signed binary number in two's complement representation from the binary system to decimal (base ten), the easiest way is to do it by an example - convert binary, 1101 1110, to base ten:

  • In a signed binary two's complement, first bit (leftmost) indicates the sign, 1 = negative, 0 = positive. The first bit is 1, so our number is negative.
  • Get the signed binary representation in one's complement, subtract 1 from the initial number:
    1101 1110 - 1 = 1101 1101
  • Get the binary representation of the positive number, flip all the bits in the signed binary one's complement representation (reversing the digits) - replace the bits set on 1 with 0s and the bits on 0 with 1s:
    !(1101 1101) = 0010 0010
  • Write bellow the positive binary number representation in base two, and above each bit that makes up the binary number write the corresponding power of 2 (numeral base) that its place value represents, starting with zero, from the right of the number (rightmost bit), walking to the left of the number, increasing each corresonding power of 2 by exactly one unit:
  • powers of 2: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
    digits: 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  • Build the representation of the positive number in base 10, by taking each digit of the binary number, multiplying it by the corresponding power of 2 and then adding all the terms up:

    0010 0010(2) =


    (0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 1 × 21 + 0 × 20)(10) =


    (0 + 0 + 32 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 2 + 0)(10) =


    (32 + 2)(10) =


    34(10)

  • Signed binary number in two's complement representation, 1101 1110 = -34(10), a signed negative integer in base 10