0 - 011 0110 0000 - 0110 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 1110 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 1110: 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 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 0110 0000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0110 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 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 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 1110(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 + 1 × 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 =
0.386 718 750 000 017 319 479 184 152 442 030 608 654 022 216 796 875(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 + 0.386 718 750 000 017 319 479 184 152 442 030 608 654 022 216 796 875) × 2-159 =
1.386 718 750 000 017 319 479 184 152 442 030 608 654 022 216 796 875 × 2-159 = ...
= 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 897 662 944 165 482 609 696 874 308 135 225 827 171 494 611 519 641 511 083 696 334 816 518 869 431 719 663 860 597 449 475 787 504 850 788 721 895 123 175 946 971 938 454 765 904 680 243 693 292 140 960 693 359 375
0 - 011 0110 0000 - 0110 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 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) = 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 897 662 944 165 482 609 696 874 308 135 225 827 171 494 611 519 641 511 083 696 334 816 518 869 431 719 663 860 597 449 475 787 504 850 788 721 895 123 175 946 971 938 454 765 904 680 243 693 292 140 960 693 359 375(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.