What are the steps to convert
0 - 0111 0101 - 010 0001 1001 1000 0011 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:
0111 0101
The last 23 bits contain the mantissa:
010 0001 1001 1000 0011 0001
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
0111 0101(2) =
0 × 27 + 1 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 1 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 1 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 1 × 20 =
0 + 64 + 32 + 16 + 0 + 4 + 0 + 1 =
64 + 32 + 16 + 4 + 1 =
117(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 = 117 - 127 = -10
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 0001 1001 1000 0011 0001(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 1 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 1 × 2-11 + 1 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 0 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 0 × 2-17 + 1 × 2-18 + 1 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 1 × 2-23 =
0 + 0.25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 0.000 001 907 348 632 812 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 =
0.25 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 0.000 001 907 348 632 812 5 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 =
0.262 457 013 130 187 988 281 25(10)
= 0.001 232 868 176 884 949 207 305 908 203 125
0 - 0111 0101 - 010 0001 1001 1000 0011 0001, a 32 bit single precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (float) = 0.001 232 868 176 884 949 207 305 908 203 125(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.