0 - 000 0100 1110 - 0011 0011 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1000 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 000 0100 1110 - 0011 0011 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1000: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 000 0100 1110 - 0011 0011 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1000, a 64 bit double 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 11 bits contain the exponent:
000 0100 1110
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0011 0011 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1000
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
000 0100 1110(2) =
0 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 1 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 1 × 22 + 1 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 64 + 0 + 0 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 0 =
64 + 8 + 4 + 2 =
78(10)
3. Adjust the exponent.
Subtract the excess bits: 2(11 - 1) - 1 = 1023,
that is due to the 11 bit excess/bias notation.
The exponent, adjusted = 78 - 1023 = -945
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).
0011 0011 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1000(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 1 × 2-8 + 1 × 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 + 0 × 2-23 + 0 × 2-24 + 0 × 2-25 + 0 × 2-26 + 0 × 2-27 + 0 × 2-28 + 0 × 2-29 + 0 × 2-30 + 0 × 2-31 + 0 × 2-32 + 0 × 2-33 + 0 × 2-34 + 0 × 2-35 + 0 × 2-36 + 0 × 2-37 + 0 × 2-38 + 0 × 2-39 + 0 × 2-40 + 0 × 2-41 + 0 × 2-42 + 0 × 2-43 + 0 × 2-44 + 0 × 2-45 + 0 × 2-46 + 0 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 1 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0 + 0 + 0.125 + 0.062 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.001 953 125 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
0.125 + 0.062 5 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 =
0.201 171 875 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5(10)
5. Put all the numbers into expression to calculate the double precision floating point decimal value:
(-1)Sign × (1 + Mantissa) × 2(Adjusted exponent) =
(-1)0 × (1 + 0.201 171 875 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5) × 2-945 =
1.201 171 875 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 × 2-945 = ...
= 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 004 038 864 212 477 608 202 233 7
0 - 000 0100 1110 - 0011 0011 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1000, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 004 038 864 212 477 608 202 233 7(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.