Practice Floating-Point Numbers - 1.1.17 | 1. Number Systems - Part A | Digital Electronics - Vol 1
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Question 1

Easy

What does the significand represent in floating-point notation?

💡 Hint: Focus on what part of the number is emphasized in floating-point.

Question 2

Easy

What is normalization in floating-point representation?

💡 Hint: Think of how you might write scientific notation.

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Question 1

What is the main advantage of floating-point representation?

  • It uses less memory
  • It can represent a greater range of values
  • It is always precise

💡 Hint: Think about why we need a more extensive representation.

Question 2

True or False: The significand is also known as the mantissa.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Consider word associations you've learned.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Convert the decimal number 0.000512 into floating-point representation.

💡 Hint: Shift the position to achieve normalization and ensure the exponent is accounted for.

Question 2

Explain what would happen if we used too few bits for the exponent in floating-point representation?

💡 Hint: Consider the extreme values outside the range.

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