Floating point conversion - One format to another
<p>I a question about converting one floating point representation to another.
I have a float point given:</p>

<p>0 111111 000000010 with exponent bits = 6 and exponent bias = 31, fraction bits = 9</p>

<p>I am to convert this to a new format where exponent bits = 5 and exponent bias = 15, fraction bits = 10</p>

<p>So I found the bias as 11111 = 63 - 31 = 32. So adding that to 15 would be 47 for the second format. However, since we only have 5 bits to use for the exponent bias, the max number we can get is 31. So I can't represent that number with the bits I am given.</p>

<p>So how would I convert this?</p>