Review F: Floating-point representation

printable version

F2: [1] [2] [3] // F3: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] // F4: [1] [2]

Problem F2.1

Represent each of the following using the 8-bit floating-point format we studied (which had 3 bits for the mantissa and 4 bits for the excess-7 exponent). Show your intermediate work.

a. 2.25
b. −80.0
c. 1/32