Representing Numerical Values

Real numbers are any number in the number system, including fractions of whole numbers. They can either be represented using fractional (fixed point binary) or floating point binary.

Example:

A fixed point binary number

2⁴	2³	2²	2¹	2⁰	2^-1	2^-2	2^-3
16	8	4	2	1	1/2	1/4	1/8
0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1

in decimal 8+1+1/2+1/8 = 9+4/8+1/8 = 9+5/8 or 9.625

Note: It is beyond the scope of this course to cover real numbers in more detail.