Subtraction by 2’s Complement

With the help of subtraction by 2’s complement method we can easily subtract two binary numbers.


The operation is carried out by means of the following steps:

(i) At first, 2’s complement of the subtrahend is found.

(ii) Then it is added to the minuend.

(iii) If the final carry over of the sum is 1, it is dropped and the result is positive.

(iv) If there is no carry over, the two’s complement of the sum will be the result and it is negative.


The following examples on subtraction by 2’s complement will make the procedure clear:

Evaluate:

(i) 110110 - 10110

Solution:

The numbers of bits in the subtrahend is 5 while that of minuend is 6. We make the number of bits in the subtrahend equal to that of minuend by taking a `0’ in the sixth place of the subtrahend.

Now, 2’s complement of 010110 is (101101 + 1) i.e.101010. Adding this with the minuend.


                          1     1 0 1 1 0      Minuend

                          1     0 1 0 1 0      2’s complement of subtrahend

   Carry over 1       1     0 0 0 0 0      Result of addition

After dropping the carry over we get the result of subtraction to be 100000.


(ii) 10110 – 11010

Solution:

2’s complement of 11010 is (00101 + 1) i.e. 00110. Hence

                                  Minued -          1 0 1 1 0

   2’s complement of subtrahend -          0 0 1 1 0

                    Result of addition -          1 1 1 0 0

As there is no carry over, the result of subtraction is negative and is obtained by writing the 2’s complement of 11100 i.e.(00011 + 1) or 00100.

Hence the difference is – 100.


(iii) 1010.11 – 1001.01

Solution:

2’s complement of 1001.01 is 0110.11. Hence

                                Minued -          1 0 1 0 . 1 1

2’s complement of subtrahend -           0 1 1 0 . 1 1

                           Carry over      1     0 0 0 1 . 1 0

After dropping the carry over we get the result of subtraction as 1.10.


(iv) 10100.01 – 11011.10

Solution:

2’s complement of 11011.10 is 00100.10. Hence

                                  Minued -          1 0 1 0 0 . 0 1

   2’s complement of subtrahend -          0 1 1 0 0 . 1 0

                    Result of addition -          1 1 0 0 0 . 1 1

As there is no carry over the result of subtraction is negative and is obtained by writing the 2’s complement of 11000.11.

Hence the required result is – 00111.01.

Binary Numbers

  • Decimal Number System
  • Why Binary Numbers are Used
  • Binary to Decimal Conversion
  • Conversion of Numbers
  • Hexa-decimal Number System
  • Conversion of Binary Numbers to Octal or Hexa-decimal Numbers
  • Octal and Hexa-Decimal Numbers
  • Signed-magnitude Representation
  • Radix Complement
  • Diminished Radix Complement
  • Arithmetic Operations of Binary Numbers





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