How to convert a signed integer in decimal system (in base 10):
-672(10)
to a signed binary one's complement representation
1. Start with the positive version of the number:
|-672| = 672
2. Divide the number repeatedly by 2:
Keep track of each remainder.
We stop when we get a quotient that is equal to zero.
- division = quotient + remainder;
- 672 ÷ 2 = 336 + 0;
- 336 ÷ 2 = 168 + 0;
- 168 ÷ 2 = 84 + 0;
- 84 ÷ 2 = 42 + 0;
- 42 ÷ 2 = 21 + 0;
- 21 ÷ 2 = 10 + 1;
- 10 ÷ 2 = 5 + 0;
- 5 ÷ 2 = 2 + 1;
- 2 ÷ 2 = 1 + 0;
- 1 ÷ 2 = 0 + 1;
3. Construct the base 2 representation of the positive number:
Take all the remainders starting from the bottom of the list constructed above.
672(10) = 10 1010 0000(2)
4. Determine the signed binary number bit length:
The base 2 number's actual length, in bits: 10.
A signed binary's bit length must be equal to a power of 2, as of:
21 = 2; 22 = 4; 23 = 8; 24 = 16; 25 = 32; 26 = 64; ...
First bit (the leftmost) indicates the sign,
1 = negative, 0 = positive.
The least number that is:
a power of 2
and is larger than the actual length, 10,
so that the first bit (leftmost) could be zero
(we deal with a positive number at this moment)
is: 16.
5. Positive binary computer representation on 16 bits (2 Bytes):
If needed, add extra 0s in front (to the left) of the base 2 number, up to the required length, 16:
672(10) = 0000 0010 1010 0000
6. Get the negative integer number representation:
To get the negative integer number representation on 16 bits (2 Bytes),
signed binary one's complement,
replace all the bits on 0 with 1s
and all the bits set on 1 with 0s
(reverse the digits, flip the digits)
!(0000 0010 1010 0000) =
1111 1101 0101 1111
Conclusion:
Number -672, a signed integer, converted from decimal system (base 10) to a signed binary one's complement representation:
-672(10) = 1111 1101 0101 1111
Spaces used to group digits: for binary, by 4.
More operations of this kind:
Convert signed integer numbers from the decimal system (base ten) to signed binary one's complement representation