Floating point

Question 1

What is the floating point made up of

Answer 1

A mantissa and an exponent

Question 2

What is the mantissa

Answer 2

The value above the decimal

Question 3

Advantages of floating points

Answer 3

Much wider range of numbers can be produced

Lends itself to applications where wide range of values may need to be represented

Question 4

What is the exponent

Answer 4

The value below the decimal