What are the steps to convert
0 - 1100 0000 - 110 0000 0101 0000 0000 0010, 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:
1100 0000
The last 23 bits contain the mantissa:
110 0000 0101 0000 0000 0010
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
1100 0000(2) =
1 × 27 + 1 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
128 + 64 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
128 + 64 =
192(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 = 192 - 127 = 65
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 0000 0101 0000 0000 0010(2) =
1 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 1 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 1 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 0 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 0 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 1 × 2-22 + 0 × 2-23 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.001 953 125 + 0 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 =
0.752 441 644 668 579 101 562 5(10)
= 64 653 685 046 623 862 784
0 - 1100 0000 - 110 0000 0101 0000 0000 0010, a 32 bit single precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (float) = 64 653 685 046 623 862 784(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.