> To represent such a number in floating point form, just write it as a/2^b. Then the mantissa is a, and the exponent is -b. (As a follow-up, since I can't edi

> To represent such a number in floating point form, just write it as a/2^b. Then the mantissa is a, and the exponent is -b. (As a follow-up, since I can't edit: This isn't exactly correct, because of the leading "1.", but it's close enough to aid understanding.)