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Data Types Activity 3

The document is a worksheet focused on converting floating point binary representations into denary using an 8-bit mantissa and a 4-bit exponent. It provides examples with calculations for both positive and negative mantissas, detailing the process of moving the decimal point and applying two's complement. The worksheet includes specific binary representations and their corresponding denary values.

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Data Types Activity 3

The document is a worksheet focused on converting floating point binary representations into denary using an 8-bit mantissa and a 4-bit exponent. It provides examples with calculations for both positive and negative mantissas, detailing the process of moving the decimal point and applying two's complement. The worksheet includes specific binary representations and their corresponding denary values.

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Data Types Worksheet 3

Floating Point Numbers


Can you convert the following floating point binary representations into denary?

Use 8 bits for the mantissa and 4 bits for the exponent.

Remember that both the mantissa and exponent are represented in two’s complement.

Answer

0101 0001 0111

0101 0001 0111 exponent is +7


1 0101 0001 0111
0.101 0001 0111 mantissa is positive

Move decimal point forward seven places

0101 0001. = +81

1000 0100 0101

1000 0100 0101 exponent is +5

1.000 0100 0101 mantissa is negative

Find complement (swap all 1’s for 0’s and vice versa)
2 1000 0100 0101
0111 1011

Add 1

0111 1100

Move decimal point forward five places

0111 11.00 = –31 (you have to remember to put the minus sign in!)

0110 0110 0101

0110 0110 0101 exponent is +5


3 0110 0110 0101
0.110 0110 0101 mantissa is positive

Move decimal point forward five places

011001.10 = +25.5

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0100 1000 1110

0100 1000 1110 exponent is –2 (because this is also in two’s complement)


4 0100 1000 1110
0.100 1000 1110 mantissa is positive

Move decimal point back two spaces

0.001001000 = 1/8 + 1/64 = +0.140625

1011 1110 0100

1011 1110 0100 exponent is +4

1.011 1110 0100 mantissa is negative

Find complement
5 1011 1110 0100
0100 0001

Add 1

0100 0010

Move decimal point forward four places

01000.010 = –8.25

0110 0101 0100

0110 0101 0100 exponent is +4


6 0110 0101 0100
0.110 0101 0100 mantissa is positive

Move decimal point forward four spaces

01100.101 = 12 + 1/2 + 1/8 = + 12.625

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