Practice - Floating Point Arithmetic
Practice Questions
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What is the primary purpose of floating-point numbers?
💡 Hint: Think about limitations of integers.
What does normalization in floating point signify?
💡 Hint: Focus on what 'leading 1' implies in binary.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What structure does a floating-point number have?
💡 Hint: Consider what parts are essential to its representation.
True or False: Floating point representation is limited in its precision.
💡 Hint: Think about how computers handle values.
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Challenge Problems
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If a number is represented with a bias of 127 and its stored exponent is 130, what is the true exponent?
💡 Hint: Consider how bias affects readings.
Propose a scenario where floating-point loss of significance could occur and explain its impact.
💡 Hint: Examine the effects through examples in scientific computation.
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