Two’s complement

(binary numbers)

KS4 – Data representations

Topic: Two’s complement (binary numbers)

Lesson Objective:
To find Two’s compliment of a binary number.

Self assessment
Success Criteria:
AT I can understand concept of two’s
compliment.
ABOVE I can find two’s compliment of positive and
negative binary numbers.
ABOVE I can convert negative and positive binary
+ numbers.
Retrieval
Practice/Starter
Use the notebook to practise the skills
learnt so far in this unit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRvcGijXI9w
 Activity 1

Signed integers

Signed integers can be positive or negative

whole numbers.

For example,

-1, -2, 3, or 9

In decimal, we may not specify a + for ‘positive’

because it is implied.
 Activity 1

What do we mean by ‘signed’?

A binary representation has a most significant 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

bit (MSB) and a least significant bit (LSB). 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
 Activity 1

What do we mean by ‘signed’?

sign 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
A signed integer representation uses the most
significant bit to show if the integer is positive 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
or negative.

sign
 Activity 1

What do we mean by ‘signed’?

sign 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
A 0 means that the number is positive.
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

positive (+)
 Activity 1

What do we mean by ‘signed’?

sign 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
A 1 means that the number is negative.
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

negative (-)
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What do we mean by ‘signed’?

sign 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
This most significant bit is used differently
depending on the signed integer method that is 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
being used.

You will find out more about this later in the

lesson.
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