EC 381
Fall 2017
Mohamed Elgalhud
Important Properties
How many possible digits can we have in Radix r ?
r digits: 0 to r – 1
What is the result of adding 1 to the largest digit in Radix r ?
Since digit r is not represented, result is (10)r in Radix r
Examples: 12 + 1 = (10)2 78 + 1 = (10)8
910 + 1 = (10)10 F16 + 1 = (10)16
What is the largest value using 3 digits in Radix r ?
In binary: (111)2 = 23 – 1
In octal: (777)8 = 83 – 1 In Radix r:
In decimal: (999)10 = 103 – 1 largest value = r 3 – 1
2’s complement of
1010100 =
0101011+1=0101100