Task 10

A one byte flooating point numbering system uses 5 places for the mantissa and 3 for the exponent.Conver the numbner 01100011 into decimal by filling in th following table

This is positive. i know this because:
the first digit is a 0

The mantissa(with decimal place inserted) is:
01100

The exponent is 011 which is positive because
The first digit is 0

The decimal place in th emantissa muct be moved LEFT/RIGHT because
Right because it is positive

The mantissa now looks like:
0110.0

Removing redundant zeros,the mantissa now looks like:
110

The final denary answer is:
6