Here are some more positive and negative numbers using sign-magnitude form, using several different bit lengths: number 4 bits 8 bits 12 bits ------ ------ ------ ------- 0 0000 00000000 000000000000 1 0001 00000001 000000000001 -1 1001 10000001 100000000001 -15 can't do 10001111 100000001111 7 0111 00000111 000000000111 -7 1111 10000111 100000000111 8 can't do 00001000 000000001000 -8 can't do 10001000 100000001000 576 can't do can't do 001001000000 -576 can't do can't do 101001000000 |