0 - 011 0110 0000 - 0110 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 1100 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 011 0110 0000 - 0110 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 1100: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 011 0110 0000 - 0110 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 1100, 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 0110 0000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0110 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 1100
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
011 0110 0000(2) =
0 × 210 + 1 × 29 + 1 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 1 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
0 + 512 + 256 + 0 + 64 + 32 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
512 + 256 + 64 + 32 =
864(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 = 864 - 1023 = -159
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).
0110 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 1100(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 0 × 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 + 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 + 0 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0 + 0.25 + 0.125 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 25 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 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 + 0 =
0.25 + 0.125 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 25 + 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 =
0.386 718 750 000 016 875 389 974 302 379 414 439 201 354 980 468 75(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 + 0.386 718 750 000 016 875 389 974 302 379 414 439 201 354 980 468 75) × 2-159 =
1.386 718 750 000 016 875 389 974 302 379 414 439 201 354 980 468 75 × 2-159 = ...
= 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 897 662 944 165 482 001 980 538 579 508 105 988 883 989 359 554 383 640 941 882 983 140 041 027 525 800 250 804 070 688 207 873 326 731 177 088 524 652 769 993 203 427 212 336 009 688 442 572 951 316 833 496 093 75
0 - 011 0110 0000 - 0110 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 1100, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 897 662 944 165 482 001 980 538 579 508 105 988 883 989 359 554 383 640 941 882 983 140 041 027 525 800 250 804 070 688 207 873 326 731 177 088 524 652 769 993 203 427 212 336 009 688 442 572 951 316 833 496 093 75(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.