Beginning with the left (most significant) bit, it is inspected if the divisor can be subtracted from the dividends' current digit. If so, a 1 is noted in that bit of the quotient; if not, a 0. The remainder of the division process is carried, and the dividend's next digit is added to it. You repeat this procedure is until the right (least significant) bit is reached.

Negative binary values can be managed with the two's complement signed representation. After this binary number transformation, the division of binary numbers can be executed in the same way as for positive values.

The division remainder is the remainder after the last division process. It is smaller than the divisor and can therefore not be divided any further.