Alternative representations of signed numbers p54 One' s Complement The most significant bit has weight-(2w-1-1) Sign-Magnitude The most significant bit is a sign bit that determines whether the remaining bits should be given negative or positive weight 1515 Alternative representations of signed numbers P54 • One’s Complement: – The most significant bit has weight -(2w-1-1) • Sign-Magnitude – The most significant bit is a sign bit • that determines whether the remaining bits should be given negative or positive weight