What are the steps to convert
0 - 0111 1101 - 000 0110 0011 0000 0100 1101, 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 1101
The last 23 bits contain the mantissa:
000 0110 0011 0000 0100 1101
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
0111 1101(2) =
0 × 27 + 1 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 1 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 1 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 1 × 20 =
0 + 64 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 0 + 1 =
64 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 1 =
125(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 = 125 - 127 = -2
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).
000 0110 0011 0000 0100 1101(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 1 × 2-10 + 1 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 0 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 1 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 1 × 2-20 + 1 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 1 × 2-23 =
0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 976 562 5 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 953 674 316 406 25 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 =
0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0.000 976 562 5 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0.000 000 953 674 316 406 25 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 =
0.048 349 022 865 295 410 156 25(10)
= 0.262 087 255 716 323 852 539 062 5
0 - 0111 1101 - 000 0110 0011 0000 0100 1101, a 32 bit single precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (float) = 0.262 087 255 716 323 852 539 062 5(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.