What are the steps to convert
0 - 1110 0001 - 110 0000 0000 0000 0110 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:
1110 0001
The last 23 bits contain the mantissa:
110 0000 0000 0000 0110 0010
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
1110 0001(2) =
1 × 27 + 1 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 1 × 20 =
128 + 64 + 32 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 =
128 + 64 + 32 + 1 =
225(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 = 225 - 127 = 98
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 0000 0000 0110 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 + 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 + 0 × 2-21 + 1 × 2-22 + 0 × 2-23 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 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 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 =
0.750 011 682 510 375 976 562 5(10)
= 554 600 839 935 172 932 956 655 190 016
0 - 1110 0001 - 110 0000 0000 0000 0110 0010, a 32 bit single precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (float) = 554 600 839 935 172 932 956 655 190 016(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.