Normalize the number 277. using the the real IEEE float vlaues 1 bit sign, 7 bit exponent, 16 bit significand First convert to binary. 277 138 1 69 0 34 1 17 0 8 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 100010101b Represent in the equivalent of scientific notation,. 1.00010101 b * 2^8 Generating a bias. Use formula 2^(n-1) - 1 where n is the size of the exponent. 2^(7-1)-1 = 63 bias Biasing this exponent give : 63 + 8 = 71 = 100 0111 Sign bit 0 (positive) Biased Exponent 100 0111 Signficand 0001 0101 0000 0000 Remember, when normalizing, we don't record the most signicant bit. Floating point 0 1000111 0001010100000000