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Floating-Point Arithmetic

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Computers

12th Grade

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Floating-Point Arithmetic
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step to perform addition of floating point numbers?

Separate the mantissas.
Check whether the numbers are normalised.
Ensure the value is normalised.
Add the mantissas.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

When adding floating point numbers, what is the primary concern regarding exponents?

They should be kept as they are.
They should be changed to different values.
They should be ignored.
They should match.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

How do you handle trailing zeros in the mantissas when adding floating point numbers?

Ignore them.
Keep them.
Change them to ones.
Double them.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What is the final step in adding floating point numbers?

Separate the mantissas.
Check whether the numbers are normalised.
Ensure the value is normalised.
Add the exponents.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

When subtracting one positive floating point number from another, what value is the second number converted into?

Decimal value.
Fraction.
Two’s complement negative value.
Positive value.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What step is not required when subtracting floating point numbers?

Match the exponents

Find the negative value of the second number.

Remove the mantissas

Check whether the numbers are normalised.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

When subtracting two floating point numbers using addition, what happens to an additional carry bit?

Keep it

Remove it

This wouldn't happen

Add the exponents.

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