Homework #1
Chapter 1 Basic Concepts
Solution
Due: Monday, August 30th
Instructions: Complete the following problems showing all work. Please write as legibly
as possible. If your handwriting is a problem use a text editor.
1. What is the 8 bit binary (two’s complement) representation of each of the
following signed decimal integers?
a. -72 => 1011 1000
i. abs -72 = 72,
ii. convert to binary (repeated division)
Division Quotient Remainder
72/2 36 0 (LSB)
36/2 18 0
18/2 9 0
9/2 4 1
4/2 2 0
2/2 1 0
1 /2 0 1
0100 1000
iii. apply 2’s complement because number was negative
1. toggle (reverse) bits => 1011 0111
2. add 1 => 1011 1000
b. -98 => 1001 1110
i. abs -98 = 98,
ii. convert to binary (repeated division)
Division Quotient Remainder
98/2 49 0 (LSB)
49/2 24 1
24/2 12 0
12/2 6 0
6/2 3 0
3/2 1 1
1 /2 0 1
0110 0010
iii. apply 2’s complement because number was negative
1. toggle (reverse) bits => 1001 1101
2. add 1 => 1001 1110
c. -5 => 1111 1011
i. abs -5 = 5,
ii. convert to binary (repeated division)
Division Quotient Remainder
5/2 2 1 (LSB)
2/2 1 0
1 /2 0 1
0000 0101
iii. apply 2’s complement because number was negative
1. toggle (reverse) bits => 1111 1010
2. add 1 => 1111 1011
2. What is the 16-bit hexadecimal representation of each signed decimal integer?
a. -32 => FFE0
i. abs -32 = 32,
ii. convert to hex (repeated division)
Division Quotient Remainder
32/16 2 0 (LSB)
2/16 0 2
0020
iii. apply 2’s complement because number was negative
1. hex subtraction (F) => FFDF
2. add 1 => FFE0
b. -60 => FFC4
i. abs -60 = 60,
ii. convert to hex (repeated division)
Division Quotient Remainder
60/16 3 C (LSB)
3/16 0 3
003C
iii. apply 2’s complement because number was negative
1. hex subtraction (F) => FFC3
2. add 1 => FFC4
3. Encode “Karl” in ASCII format in both hexadecimal and decimal.
4B 61 72 6C (hex)
75 97 114 108 (dec)
4. What is the decimal representation of the following signed binary numbers?
a. 10110101 => -75
i. Check MSB to determine if negative. Number is negative.
ii. Negative, apply 2’s complement
1. toggle bits (1’s complement) => 0100 1010
2. add 1 => 0100 1011
iii. decode using expansion => 1x2 + 1x23 + 1x22 + 1 = - 75
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b. 00101010 => 42
i. Check MSB to determine if negative. Number is non negative.
ii. decode using expansion => 1x25 + 1x23 + 1x21 = 42
c. 11001100 => -52
i. Check MSB to determine if negative. Number is negative.
ii. Negative, apply 2’s complement
1. toggle bits (1’s complement) => 0011 0011
2. add 1 => 0011 0100
iii. decode using expansion => 1x25 + 1x24 + 1x23 + 1 = - 52
5. What is the binary representation of the following hexadecimal numbers?
a. E5B6AED7 => 1110 0101 1011 0110 1010 1110 1101 0111
b. 234B6D92 => 0010 0011 0100 1011 0110 1101 1001 0010
6. What is the unsigned decimal representation of each hexadecimal integer?
a. 1C9 => 1x162 = 12x16 + 9 = 457
b. 6A5B => 6x163 + 10x162 + 5x16 + 11 = 27,227
7. What is the minimum number of binary bits needed to represent each of the
following unsigned decimal integers?
a. 65 => 7 bits 0 to 27- 1 (127)
b. 256 =>9 bits 0 to 29- 1 (511)
c. 127 7 bits 0 to 27- 1 (127)
8. What is the hexadecimal representation of each of the following binary numbers
a. 1100 1101 0010 0001 => CD21
b. 0111 1001 0110 1010 => 796A
9. What is the minimum number of binary bits needed to represent each of the
following signed decimal integers? n bits has a range of -2n-1 to 2n-1 - 1
a. -64 => n = 7 -26 to 26-1 (-64 to 63)
b. -127 => n = 8 -27 to 27-1 (-128 to 127)
10. Given the following binary sequence, mark the LSB and MSB
a. 0MSB 0 1LSB
b. 1 MSB 100 001 1 LSB
11. What is the decimal representation of each of the following unsigned binary
integers?
a. 1111 0011 => 243
b. 0110 1101 => 109
12. What is the sum of each pair of binary integers?
a. 1010 1111 + 1101 1011 => 1 1000 1010
b. 1001 0111 + 0011 1100 => 1101 0011
13. What is the sum of each pair of hexadecimal integers?
a. F8 1A + 02 E6 => FB00
b. 8B CD + 31 FA => BDC7
14. How many bytes are in each of the following data types?
a. Word 2 bytes
b. Doubleword 4 bytes
c. Quadword 8 bytes
15. What is the value of the Boolean expression ¬F ˆ ¬T => T ^ F = F
16. What is the value of the Boolean expression ¬(F ˇ T) => ¬F ˆ ¬T => T ^ F = F
17. Create a truth table to show all possible inputs and outputs for the Boolean
function described by (¬A ˆ ¬B)
A ¬A B ¬B ¬A ˆ ¬B
0 1 0 1 1
0 1 1 0 0
1 0 0 1 0
1 0 1 0 0
