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Multiplication and Division of Floating Points

Understand the process of floating point multiplication and division by decoding numbers, multiplying or dividing mantissae, adjusting exponents, and combining signs. This lesson helps you apply these operations on binary floating point numbers accurately.

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Multiplication

For floating point multiplication, we decode the number and then carry out the following steps:

  • Multiply the mantissae to get the mantissa
  • Add the exponents to get the exponent
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