Binary

Task23

A two byte floating point numbering system uses 10 places for the mantissa and 6 for the exponent. Convert the number 1010 1100 0000 0011 into decimal by filling in the following:
Step1:The number is negative. I know that because the left most bit is a one.
Step2:The Mantissa is: 1.010110000
Step3:The mantissa converted into a negative binary number that is not in 2s complement form is: -(0101.010000)
Step4:The exponent is : 000011 = 3
Step5:The decimal point in the mantissa must now be moved 3 places to the right.
Step6:The mantissa is now -(101.01)
Step7:Converting to denary :-5.25