IEEE 754 requires that implementations preserve the quantum (value of the least significant place) to the extent possible when parsing numbers and performing math on them. For example:
- 7.5 should encode as 75×10-1 while 7.50 should encode as 750×10-2.
- 1.2 + 1.30 should have same encoding as 2.50, not 2.5.
IEEE 754 requires that implementations preserve the quantum (value of the least significant place) to the extent possible when parsing numbers and performing math on them. For example: