What are the steps to convert
1 - 010 0011 0000 - 0010 1100 1011 1000 0111 0011 1100 1101 1001 1000 0110 1001 0011, 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.
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The next 11 bits contain the exponent:
010 0011 0000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0010 1100 1011 1000 0111 0011 1100 1101 1001 1000 0110 1001 0011
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
010 0011 0000(2) =
0 × 210 + 1 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 1 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
0 + 512 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 32 + 16 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
512 + 32 + 16 =
560(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 = 560 - 1023 = -463
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).
0010 1100 1011 1000 0111 0011 1100 1101 1001 1000 0110 1001 0011(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 1 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 1 × 2-11 + 1 × 2-12 + 1 × 2-13 + 0 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 0 × 2-17 + 1 × 2-18 + 1 × 2-19 + 1 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 1 × 2-23 + 1 × 2-24 + 1 × 2-25 + 1 × 2-26 + 0 × 2-27 + 0 × 2-28 + 1 × 2-29 + 1 × 2-30 + 0 × 2-31 + 1 × 2-32 + 1 × 2-33 + 0 × 2-34 + 0 × 2-35 + 1 × 2-36 + 1 × 2-37 + 0 × 2-38 + 0 × 2-39 + 0 × 2-40 + 0 × 2-41 + 1 × 2-42 + 1 × 2-43 + 0 × 2-44 + 1 × 2-45 + 0 × 2-46 + 0 × 2-47 + 1 × 2-48 + 0 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 1 × 2-51 + 1 × 2-52 =
0 + 0 + 0.125 + 0 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0 + 0 + 0.001 953 125 + 0 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 0.000 001 907 348 632 812 5 + 0.000 000 953 674 316 406 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0.000 000 029 802 322 387 695 312 5 + 0.000 000 014 901 161 193 847 656 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 001 862 645 149 230 957 031 25 + 0.000 000 000 931 322 574 615 478 515 625 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 232 830 643 653 869 628 906 25 + 0.000 000 000 116 415 321 826 934 814 453 125 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 014 551 915 228 366 851 806 640 625 + 0.000 000 000 007 275 957 614 183 425 903 320 312 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 227 373 675 443 232 059 478 759 765 625 + 0.000 000 000 000 113 686 837 721 616 029 739 379 882 812 5 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 028 421 709 430 404 007 434 844 970 703 125 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 003 552 713 678 800 500 929 355 621 337 890 625 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 222 044 604 925 031 308 084 726 333 618 164 062 5 =
0.125 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 0.000 001 907 348 632 812 5 + 0.000 000 953 674 316 406 25 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0.000 000 029 802 322 387 695 312 5 + 0.000 000 014 901 161 193 847 656 25 + 0.000 000 001 862 645 149 230 957 031 25 + 0.000 000 000 931 322 574 615 478 515 625 + 0.000 000 000 232 830 643 653 869 628 906 25 + 0.000 000 000 116 415 321 826 934 814 453 125 + 0.000 000 000 014 551 915 228 366 851 806 640 625 + 0.000 000 000 007 275 957 614 183 425 903 320 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 227 373 675 443 232 059 478 759 765 625 + 0.000 000 000 000 113 686 837 721 616 029 739 379 882 812 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 028 421 709 430 404 007 434 844 970 703 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 003 552 713 678 800 500 929 355 621 337 890 625 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 222 044 604 925 031 308 084 726 333 618 164 062 5 =
0.174 689 519 590 548 014 704 722 845 635 842 531 919 479 370 117 187 5(10)
= -0
1 - 010 0011 0000 - 0010 1100 1011 1000 0111 0011 1100 1101 1001 1000 0110 1001 0011, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = -0(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.