What are the steps to convert
0 - 0111 1101 - 110 0101 0000 0000 0110 0100, 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:
110 0101 0000 0000 0110 0100
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).
110 0101 0000 0000 0110 0100(2) =
1 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 0 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 1 × 2-17 + 1 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 1 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 0 × 2-23 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0 + 0 + 0.031 25 + 0 + 0.007 812 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 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 + 0 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0.031 25 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 =
0.789 074 420 928 955 078 125(10)
= 0.447 268 605 232 238 769 531 25
0 - 0111 1101 - 110 0101 0000 0000 0110 0100, a 32 bit single precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (float) = 0.447 268 605 232 238 769 531 25(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.