What are the steps to convert
0 - 1110 1100 - 110 0101 1100 0111 0010 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:
1110 1100
The last 23 bits contain the mantissa:
110 0101 1100 0111 0010 1110
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
1110 1100(2) =
1 × 27 + 1 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 1 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
128 + 64 + 32 + 0 + 8 + 4 + 0 + 0 =
128 + 64 + 32 + 8 + 4 =
236(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 = 236 - 127 = 109
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 1100 0111 0010 1110(2) =
1 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 1 × 2-8 + 1 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 1 × 2-13 + 1 × 2-14 + 1 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 0 × 2-17 + 1 × 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 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.001 953 125 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 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 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 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 =
0.795 140 981 674 194 335 937 5(10)
= 1 165 113 109 971 755 728 034 549 282 635 776
0 - 1110 1100 - 110 0101 1100 0111 0010 1110, a 32 bit single precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (float) = 1 165 113 109 971 755 728 034 549 282 635 776(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.