What are the steps to convert
0 - 1110 0010 - 100 0101 1000 0000 0000 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:
1110 0010
The last 23 bits contain the mantissa:
100 0101 1000 0000 0000 0001
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
1110 0010(2) =
1 × 27 + 1 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 1 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
128 + 64 + 32 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 2 + 0 =
128 + 64 + 32 + 2 =
226(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 = 226 - 127 = 99
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).
100 0101 1000 0000 0000 0001(2) =
1 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 1 × 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 + 0 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 1 × 2-23 =
0.5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.031 25 + 0 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 =
0.5 + 0.031 25 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 =
0.542 968 869 209 289 550 781 25(10)
= 977 972 706 593 314 143 084 631 556 096
0 - 1110 0010 - 100 0101 1000 0000 0000 0001, a 32 bit single precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (float) = 977 972 706 593 314 143 084 631 556 096(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.