Convert Negative Decimal To Binary Without Using Calculator

Asked By rymyers 0 points N/A Posted on - 08/26/2017

I am using the decimal number system to perform calculations. But computers understand only binary. What is the method to convert negative decimal to binary easily?

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Answered By Donald L Sledge 0 points N/A #302598

Convert Negative Decimal To Binary Without Using Calculator

You can use any of the methods given below. Decimal number system has a base of 10 while the binary number system has a base of 2 which means that only 2 symbols are available for notation which is ‘0’ and ‘1.’

1. By the trivial method, you can simply convert an n-bit unsigned integer to n-1 bit signed integer where the MSB denote the sign of the integer. 0 is used to denote positive and 1 is used to denote negative.
2. You can also convert a given number to its 1’s complement form to obtain the equivalent negative number.

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