Convert the Signed Integer Number 119 978 to a Signed Binary. Converting and Writing the Base Ten Decimal System Signed Integer Number as a Signed Binary Code (Written in Base Two). Detailed Explanations

Signed integer number 119 978(10)
converted and written as a signed binary (base 2) = ?

The first steps we'll go through to make the conversion:

1. Divide the number repeatedly by 2

2. Construct the base 2 representation of the positive number

1. 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;
  • 119 978 ÷ 2 = 59 989 + 0;
  • 59 989 ÷ 2 = 29 994 + 1;
  • 29 994 ÷ 2 = 14 997 + 0;
  • 14 997 ÷ 2 = 7 498 + 1;
  • 7 498 ÷ 2 = 3 749 + 0;
  • 3 749 ÷ 2 = 1 874 + 1;
  • 1 874 ÷ 2 = 937 + 0;
  • 937 ÷ 2 = 468 + 1;
  • 468 ÷ 2 = 234 + 0;
  • 234 ÷ 2 = 117 + 0;
  • 117 ÷ 2 = 58 + 1;
  • 58 ÷ 2 = 29 + 0;
  • 29 ÷ 2 = 14 + 1;
  • 14 ÷ 2 = 7 + 0;
  • 7 ÷ 2 = 3 + 1;
  • 3 ÷ 2 = 1 + 1;
  • 1 ÷ 2 = 0 + 1;

2. Construct the base 2 representation of the positive number:

Take all the remainders starting from the bottom of the list constructed above.


119 978(10) = 1 1101 0100 1010 1010(2)



The last steps we'll go through to make the conversion:

3. Determine the signed binary number bit length

4. Get the positive binary computer representation on 32 bits (4 Bytes)


3. Determine the signed binary number bit length:

The base 2 number's actual length, in bits: 17.


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; ...


The first bit (the leftmost) is reserved for the sign:

0 = positive integer number, 1 = negative integer number


The least number that is:


1) a power of 2

2) and is larger than the actual length, 17,

3) so that the first bit (leftmost) could be zero
(we deal with a positive number at this moment)


=== is: 32.


4. Get the positive binary computer representation on 32 bits (4 Bytes):

If needed, add extra 0s in front (to the left) of the base 2 number, up to the required length, 32:


Number 119 978(10), a signed integer number (with sign),
converted from decimal system (from base 10)
and written as a signed binary (in base 2):

119 978(10) = 0000 0000 0000 0001 1101 0100 1010 1010

The first bit (the leftmost) is reserved for the sign:

0 = positive integer number, 1 = negative integer number

Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.

Signed integer number 119 977 converted from decimal system (from base 10) and written as a signed binary (in base 2) = ?

Signed integer number 119 979 converted from decimal system (from base 10) and written as a signed binary (in base 2) = ?

Convert signed integer numbers from the decimal system (base ten) to signed binary (written in base two)

How to convert a base ten signed integer number to signed binary:

1) Divide the positive version of the number repeatedly by 2, keeping track of each remainder. Stop when getting a quotient that is 0.

2) Construct the base two representation by taking the previously calculated remainders starting from the last remainder up to the first one.

3) Construct the positive binary computer representation so that the first bit is 0.

4) Only if the initial number is negative, change the first bit (the leftmost), from 0 to 1. The leftmost bit is reserved for the sign, 1 = negative, 0 = positive.

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