Practice Excess Codes And Grey Code (9.1.6) - Floating Point Number Representation
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Excess Codes and GREY Code

Practice - Excess Codes and GREY Code

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

Define the three components of a floating-point number.

💡 Hint: Think about what each part does in representing a number.

Question 2 Easy

What is the purpose of a GREY code?

💡 Hint: Consider why minimizing changes might be important.

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Question 1

What does the biased exponent allow?

Only positive numbers to be stored
Both positive and negative numbers
Only negative numbers to be stored

💡 Hint: Remember how we encode exponents.

Question 2

True or False: In GREY code, two consecutive numbers can have multiple bit changes.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about how GREY code is defined.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given a number represented in excess 127, convert it back to its exponent.

💡 Hint: Remember to subtract the bias value.

Challenge 2 Hard

Design a simple system using GREY code for a four-bit binary number. Explain the benefit of using GREY code in this system.

💡 Hint: List out your binary transitions to see the difference.

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