Monday, 30 January 2017

fibonacci sequence to 40 iterations

Module Module1
    Sub Main()
        Dim num1 As Integer
        Dim num2 As Integer
        Dim num3 As Integer
        num1 = 0
        num2 = 1
        For i = 0 To 40
            num3 = num1 + num2
            Console.WriteLine(i & ") " & num1 & " + " & num2 & " = " & num3)
            num1 = num2
            num2 = num3
        Next

        Console.ReadLine()
    End Sub
End Module




Tuesday, 17 January 2017

revision from test

Why should floating point numbers be stored in normalised form?
Less risk of rounding errors.

State two advantages of using a normalised representation.
It is more precise for the given number of bits.

A larger mantissa allows for a greater range of numbers.
A smaller exponent is less accurate.