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

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Question 1.
What does the sign bit indicate in floating-point representation?
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Think about what each bit represents.
Question 2.
Define the term 'bias' in the context of exponent representation.
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Consider the value typically used for 32-bit representation.
3Question 3.
What is the purpose of the sign bit?
- To indicate the magnitude
- To determine positivity or negativity
- To encode decimal values
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Think about the role of this bit in expressing numbers.
4Question 4.
True or False: The exponent in floating-point representation can be negative.
- True
- False
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Recall the addition process for biased exponents.
Question 5.
Convert the decimal number 20.625 into its 32-bit floating-point representation.
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Break down the integer and fractional parts separately.
Question 6.
If the significand in a floating-point representation is 101011000, what does it represent in decimal form?
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Recall how normalization shifts the decimal placement.

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