What are the steps to convert
0 - 0111 1101 - 110 0101 0000 0000 1001 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 1101
The last 23 bits contain the mantissa:
110 0101 0000 0000 1001 0001
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 1001 0001(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 + 1 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 1 × 2-23 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0 + 0 + 0.031 25 + 0 + 0.007 812 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 001 907 348 632 812 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0.031 25 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0.000 001 907 348 632 812 5 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 =
0.789 079 785 346 984 863 281 25(10)
= 0.447 269 946 336 746 215 820 312 5
0 - 0111 1101 - 110 0101 0000 0000 1001 0001, a 32 bit single precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (float) = 0.447 269 946 336 746 215 820 312 5(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.