What are the steps to convert
0 - 0111 1101 - 110 0101 0000 0000 1000 1110, 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 1000 1110
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 1000 1110(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 + 1 × 2-16 + 0 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 1 × 2-20 + 1 × 2-21 + 1 × 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 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 953 674 316 406 25 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0.031 25 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0.000 000 953 674 316 406 25 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 =
0.789 079 427 719 116 210 937 5(10)
= 0.447 269 856 929 779 052 734 375
0 - 0111 1101 - 110 0101 0000 0000 1000 1110, a 32 bit single precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (float) = 0.447 269 856 929 779 052 734 375(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.