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Component 2: Computer Architecture, Data, Communication and Applications
Quick questions on Floating-point representation and normalisation - Eduqas A-Level Computer Science Component 2
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State the leading bits of a normalised positive mantissa and a normalised negative mantissa. [2 marks]
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A mantissa represents and the exponent is . What is the denary value? [1 mark]
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For a fixed number of bits, what is the effect of giving more bits to the exponent? [1 mark]
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