Number Systems Flashcards
1
Q
What are natural numbers?
A
Positive integers and 0
2
Q
What is the symbol for natural numbers?
A
N
3
Q
What is the integer symbol?
A
Z
4
Q
What is the real number symbol?
A
R
5
Q
How to represent a negative number in two’s complement?
A
Take the positive binary representation, flip the bits and add 1
6
Q
Formula for the first bit in two’s complement
A
Where N is the number of bits:
-2^(N-1)
