COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

DATA REPRESENTATION AND NUMBER SYSTEMS

TWOS COMPLEMENT AND FLOATING POINT REPRESENTATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Convert 0.1010000 1111 (Floating Point Binary) to denary
A
0.3125
B
0.315
C
0.75
D
0.625
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -One way to convert a floating point binary number into denary is to use the expression mantissa × 2exponent and evaluate each part of it, taking into consideration that both the mantissa and the exponent are represented in two’s complement .

Detailed explanation-2: -Expert-Verified Answer 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 0 = 30. This is the decimal equivalent of the binary number 11110.

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