Subtraction using two's compliment
- Created by: alexandermclarke
- Created on: 22-04-14 10:14
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You need to know two's compliment in order to do this. Take a look at my other two's compliment tutorial.
http://getrevising.co.uk/revision-notes/twos_compliment_representing_negative_numbers
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Subtracting a number using two's compliment is easy as pie. Or pizza. Maybe cake.
In standard denary maths, adding a negative number is the same as subtracting a positive version of the same number.
ie:
1 + -2 == 1 - 2
The same applies to binary maths.
If we want to subtract one binary number from another, we can add an inverted…
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