Practice Decimal Number Conversion Tasks (9.3.1) - Floating Point Number Representation
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Decimal Number Conversion Tasks

Practice - Decimal Number Conversion Tasks

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does the sign bit indicate in floating-point representation?

💡 Hint: Think about what each bit represents.

Question 2 Easy

Define the term 'bias' in the context of exponent representation.

💡 Hint: Consider the value typically used for 32-bit representation.

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Question 1

What is the purpose of the sign bit?

To indicate the magnitude
To determine positivity or negativity
To encode decimal values

💡 Hint: Think about the role of this bit in expressing numbers.

Question 2

True or False: The exponent in floating-point representation can be negative.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall the addition process for biased exponents.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Convert the decimal number 20.625 into its 32-bit floating-point representation.

💡 Hint: Break down the integer and fractional parts separately.

Challenge 2 Hard

If the significand in a floating-point representation is 101011000, what does it represent in decimal form?

💡 Hint: Recall how normalization shifts the decimal placement.

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