N5S3 - Data Rep - FPR

Question 1

How are real numbers stored in a computer?

Answer 1

using Floating Point Representation

Question 2

When more bits of storage is given to the mantissa…

Answer 2

…more decimal places can be stored, so the accuracy of the numbers is increased

Question 3

What is the exponent?

Answer 3

Position of the decimal point

Question 4

What does the mantissa control?

Answer 4

Precision of a number

Question 5

What are Real Numbers?

Answer 5

Numbers with decimal points or fractions.

Question 6

What is Floating Point Representation?

Answer 6

It is used to store real numbers. This stores 2 numbers to represent the real number - mantissa and exponent.

Question 7

What does the exponent control?

Answer 7

the range of a number (how large a number can be).

!Remember REMP!

Question 8

What is the mantissa?

Answer 8

Actual digits of the number

Question 9

The more bits allocated to the exponent in memory…

Answer 9

…the larger the range of numbers can be stored