Practice - Floating-Point Number Formats
Practice Questions
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What does floating-point representation allow for?
💡 Hint: Think about numerical ranges.
What is the main purpose of the exponent in floating-point representation?
💡 Hint: Consider how you'd express very large numbers.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What does the mantissa in a floating-point number represent?
💡 Hint: What is the core value when thinking about real numbers?
Which standard is widely used for floating-point representation?
💡 Hint: Think about computing standards for numerical representations.
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Challenge Problems
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Consider a floating-point number with a mantissa of 1.234 and an exponent of 2. What is the floating-point representation in binary with base 2?
💡 Hint: Think about how to convert decimals to binary.
If an operation in floating-point arithmetic results in NaN, what could be potential causes? Discuss possible scenarios.
💡 Hint: Consider operations that lead to impossibilities in calculations.
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