0 - 011 0100 0000 - 1010 1010 1000 0110 1000 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 1110 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 011 0100 0000 - 1010 1010 1000 0110 1000 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 1110: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 011 0100 0000 - 1010 1010 1000 0110 1000 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 1110, 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:
011 0100 0000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
1010 1010 1000 0110 1000 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 1110
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
011 0100 0000(2) =
0 × 210 + 1 × 29 + 1 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 1 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
0 + 512 + 256 + 0 + 64 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
512 + 256 + 64 =
832(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 = 832 - 1023 = -191
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).
1010 1010 1000 0110 1000 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 1110(2) =
1 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 1 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 1 × 2-14 + 1 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 1 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 1 × 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 + 1 × 2-46 + 0 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 1 × 2-49 + 1 × 2-50 + 1 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0.5 + 0 + 0.125 + 0 + 0.031 25 + 0 + 0.007 812 5 + 0 + 0.001 953 125 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 888 178 419 700 125 232 338 905 334 472 656 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 + 0 =
0.5 + 0.125 + 0.031 25 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 888 178 419 700 125 232 338 905 334 472 656 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 =
0.666 115 045 547 502 671 041 684 152 442 030 608 654 022 216 796 875(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 + 0.666 115 045 547 502 671 041 684 152 442 030 608 654 022 216 796 875) × 2-191 =
1.666 115 045 547 502 671 041 684 152 442 030 608 654 022 216 796 875 × 2-191 = ...
= 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 530 854 880 415 560 760 612 448 894 551 504 807 280 982 875 882 052 866 007 381 622 624 944 993 020 624 193 069 133 045 412 371 555 364 177 699 138 077 450 989 164 251 490 747 184 651 029 224 808 360 673 648 621 741 449 460 387 229 919 433 593 75
0 - 011 0100 0000 - 1010 1010 1000 0110 1000 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 1110, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 530 854 880 415 560 760 612 448 894 551 504 807 280 982 875 882 052 866 007 381 622 624 944 993 020 624 193 069 133 045 412 371 555 364 177 699 138 077 450 989 164 251 490 747 184 651 029 224 808 360 673 648 621 741 449 460 387 229 919 433 593 75(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.