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It really depends how the numbers are encoded. With two common encodings, the largest numbers are the following:
- For an unsigned number (only allows storing zero and positive numbers), the largest number is 232 - 1 (approximately 4 billion).
- For a signed number (allows positive and negative numbers), the largest number is 231 - 1 (approximately 2 billion).
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What is the largest magnitude negative signed number that can fit in 6 bits?
If the high-order bit is considered the sign bit then 100000 would represent the largest negative number (in 2's complement - used mostly in computers) which would be equivalent to -32 in decimal
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The factors of 32 are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32. The largest factor of 32 is 32.(However, sometimes the word "factor" refers to a proper divisor which excludes the number itself. In this sense, 16 is the largest factor.)
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