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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What does the sign bit represent in a floating-point number?
💡 Hint: Think about what the 'sign' refers to.
Question 2
Easy
How does the exponent affect the floating-point number?
💡 Hint: Consider how this impacts large and small numbers.
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Interactive Quizzes
Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.
Question 1
What does a sign bit of 1 represent in a floating-point number?
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Think about what 'negative' means.
Question 2
The mantissa in a floating-point number represents what?
- Magnitude
- Significance
- Both
💡 Hint: Remember its role in determining value.
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Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Convert the decimal number 3.125 into a normalized floating-point representation using a sign bit, exponent, and mantissa in IEEE 754 format. Assume single-precision.
💡 Hint: Follow each conversion step carefully.
Question 2
Given a floating-point number with sign bit 1, exponent 130, and mantissa 0.101, what is its decimal value? How would the value change if the exponent were 128 instead?
💡 Hint: Pay attention to how the exponent adjusts the final value.
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