Adding and Multiplying Floating-Point Numbers

No questions that ask to multiply floating-point numbers or integers will be given on assignments and exams. However, you should be aware of how multiplications of floating-point numbers are done:

When you are given two floating-point numbers (in a certain floating-point format), to multiply these numbers, you need to:

1. Multiply the two significands.
2. Add the two exponents.
3. Normalize the resulting number to make it fit into the given format.