Multiplication and Division of Floating Points

Learn how to multiply and divide floating point numbers.

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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
  • Add the signs to get the sign

Let’s illustrate with an example, using our 88-bit floating point representation.

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