Binary ↘ Double: The 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Standard Representation Number 1 - 011 1111 1000 - 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 0000 Converted and Written as a Base Ten Decimal System Number (as a Double)
1 - 011 1111 1000 - 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 0000: 64 bit double 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.
1
The next 11 bits contain the exponent:
011 1111 1000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 0000
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
011 1111 1000(2) =
0 × 210 + 1 × 29 + 1 × 28 + 1 × 27 + 1 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 1 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
0 + 512 + 256 + 128 + 64 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
512 + 256 + 128 + 64 + 32 + 16 + 8 =
1,016(10)
3. Adjust the exponent.
Subtract the excess bits: 2(11 - 1) - 1 = 1023,
that is due to the 11 bit excess/bias notation.
The exponent, adjusted = 1,016 - 1023 = -7
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).
1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 0000(2) =
1 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 1 × 2-9 + 1 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 1 × 2-13 + 1 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 1 × 2-17 + 1 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 1 × 2-21 + 1 × 2-22 + 0 × 2-23 + 0 × 2-24 + 1 × 2-25 + 1 × 2-26 + 0 × 2-27 + 0 × 2-28 + 1 × 2-29 + 1 × 2-30 + 0 × 2-31 + 0 × 2-32 + 1 × 2-33 + 1 × 2-34 + 0 × 2-35 + 0 × 2-36 + 1 × 2-37 + 1 × 2-38 + 0 × 2-39 + 0 × 2-40 + 1 × 2-41 + 1 × 2-42 + 0 × 2-43 + 0 × 2-44 + 1 × 2-45 + 1 × 2-46 + 0 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 0 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0 + 0 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0 + 0 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 976 562 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 029 802 322 387 695 312 5 + 0.000 000 014 901 161 193 847 656 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 001 862 645 149 230 957 031 25 + 0.000 000 000 931 322 574 615 478 515 625 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 116 415 321 826 934 814 453 125 + 0.000 000 000 058 207 660 913 467 407 226 562 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 007 275 957 614 183 425 903 320 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 003 637 978 807 091 712 951 660 156 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 454 747 350 886 464 118 957 519 531 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 227 373 675 443 232 059 478 759 765 625 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 028 421 709 430 404 007 434 844 970 703 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 976 562 5 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0.000 000 029 802 322 387 695 312 5 + 0.000 000 014 901 161 193 847 656 25 + 0.000 000 001 862 645 149 230 957 031 25 + 0.000 000 000 931 322 574 615 478 515 625 + 0.000 000 000 116 415 321 826 934 814 453 125 + 0.000 000 000 058 207 660 913 467 407 226 562 5 + 0.000 000 000 007 275 957 614 183 425 903 320 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 003 637 978 807 091 712 951 660 156 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 454 747 350 886 464 118 957 519 531 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 227 373 675 443 232 059 478 759 765 625 + 0.000 000 000 000 028 421 709 430 404 007 434 844 970 703 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 =
0.799 999 999 999 997 157 829 056 959 599 256 515 502 929 687 5(10)
5. Put all the numbers into expression to calculate the double precision floating point decimal value:
(-1)Sign × (1 + Mantissa) × 2(Adjusted exponent) =
(-1)1 × (1 + 0.799 999 999 999 997 157 829 056 959 599 256 515 502 929 687 5) × 2-7 =
-1.799 999 999 999 997 157 829 056 959 599 256 515 502 929 687 5 × 2-7 =
-0.014 062 499 999 999 977 795 539 507 496 869 191 527 366 638 183 593 75
1 - 011 1111 1000 - 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 0000 converted from a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point standard representation number to a decimal system number, written in base ten (double) = -0.014 062 499 999 999 977 795 539 507 496 869 191 527 366 638 183 593 75(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.
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