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A-LevelComputer ScienceData RepresentationMay/June 2021Paper 3 Q114 Marks

Real numbers are stored in a computer system using floating-point representation with: • 10 bits for the mantissa • 6 bits for the exponent • Two's complement form for both the mantissa and the exponent.

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About This A-Level Computer Science Question

This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Computer Science (9618) May/June 2021 examination, Paper 3 Variant 1. It tests the topic of Data Representation and is worth 14 marks.

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