What are the steps to convert
0 - 0000 1100 - 110 0100 0101 0010 1100 0001, a 32 bit single precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to decimal?
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:
0000 1100
The last 23 bits contain the mantissa:
110 0100 0101 0010 1100 0001
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
0000 1100(2) =
0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 1 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 8 + 4 + 0 + 0 =
8 + 4 =
12(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 = 12 - 127 = -115
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).
110 0100 0101 0010 1100 0001(2) =
1 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 1 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 1 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 1 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 1 × 2-16 + 1 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 1 × 2-23 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0 + 0 + 0.031 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.001 953 125 + 0 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0.031 25 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 =
0.783 775 448 799 133 300 781 25(10)
= 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 042 93
0 - 0000 1100 - 110 0100 0101 0010 1100 0001, a 32 bit single precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (float) = 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 042 93(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.