Binary ↘ Float: The 32 Bit Single Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Standard Representation Number 0 - 1010 1000 - 010 1010 1010 0000 0000 0000 Converted and Written as a Base Ten Decimal System Number (as a Float)
0 - 1010 1000 - 010 1010 1010 0000 0000 0000: 32 bit single precision IEEE 754 binary floating point standard representation number converted to decimal system (base ten)
1. Identify the elements that make up the binary representation of the number:
The first bit (the leftmost) indicates the sign,
1 = negative, 0 = positive.
0
The next 8 bits contain the exponent:
1010 1000
The last 23 bits contain the mantissa:
010 1010 1010 0000 0000 0000
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
1010 1000(2) =
1 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
128 + 0 + 32 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
128 + 32 + 8 =
168(10)
3. Adjust the exponent.
Subtract the excess bits: 2(8 - 1) - 1 = 127,
that is due to the 8 bit excess/bias notation.
The exponent, adjusted = 168 - 127 = 41
4. Convert the mantissa from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The mantissa represents the fractional part of the number (what comes after the whole part of the number, separated from it by a comma).
010 1010 1010 0000 0000 0000(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 1 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 1 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 0 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 0 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 0 × 2-23 =
0 + 0.25 + 0 + 0.062 5 + 0 + 0.015 625 + 0 + 0.003 906 25 + 0 + 0.000 976 562 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
0.25 + 0.062 5 + 0.015 625 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.000 976 562 5 =
0.333 007 812 5(10)
5. Put all the numbers into expression to calculate the single precision floating point decimal value:
(-1)Sign × (1 + Mantissa) × 2(Adjusted exponent) =
(-1)0 × (1 + 0.333 007 812 5) × 241 =
1.333 007 812 5 × 241 =
2 931 315 179 520
0 - 1010 1000 - 010 1010 1010 0000 0000 0000 converted from a 32 bit single precision IEEE 754 binary floating point standard representation number to a decimal system number, written in base ten (float) = 2 931 315 179 520(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.
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