Task 15

A two-byte floating-point numbering system uses 10places for the mantissa and 6 for the exponent. Convert the number 0110 0001 1000 0110 into decimal by filling in the following table:

Step 1 : The first bit is a 0.

Step 2 : 0.110000110

Step 3 : The first bit is a 0.

Step 4 : 6

Step 5 : The decimal place must be moved 6 places to the right.

Step 6 : 0110000.110

Step 7 : 110000.11

Step 8 : 48.75