0 - 011 1111 1011 - 1110 1111 1001 1101 1011 0010 0010 1101 0000 1110 0000 0000 1010 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 011 1111 1011 - 1110 1111 1001 1101 1011 0010 0010 1101 0000 1110 0000 0000 1010: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 011 1111 1011 - 1110 1111 1001 1101 1011 0010 0010 1101 0000 1110 0000 0000 1010, 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 1111 1011
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
1110 1111 1001 1101 1011 0010 0010 1101 0000 1110 0000 0000 1010
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
011 1111 1011(2) =
0 × 210 + 1 × 29 + 1 × 28 + 1 × 27 + 1 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 1 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 1 × 21 + 1 × 20 =
0 + 512 + 256 + 128 + 64 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 0 + 2 + 1 =
512 + 256 + 128 + 64 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 2 + 1 =
1,019(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 = 1,019 - 1023 = -4
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).
1110 1111 1001 1101 1011 0010 0010 1101 0000 1110 0000 0000 1010(2) =
1 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 1 × 2-8 + 1 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 1 × 2-12 + 1 × 2-13 + 1 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 1 × 2-16 + 1 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 1 × 2-19 + 1 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 1 × 2-23 + 0 × 2-24 + 0 × 2-25 + 0 × 2-26 + 1 × 2-27 + 0 × 2-28 + 1 × 2-29 + 1 × 2-30 + 0 × 2-31 + 1 × 2-32 + 0 × 2-33 + 0 × 2-34 + 0 × 2-35 + 0 × 2-36 + 1 × 2-37 + 1 × 2-38 + 1 × 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 + 1 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0.125 + 0 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.001 953 125 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0 + 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 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 007 450 580 596 923 828 125 + 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 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 007 275 957 614 183 425 903 320 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 003 637 978 807 091 712 951 660 156 25 + 0.000 000 000 001 818 989 403 545 856 475 830 078 125 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 + 0 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0.125 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 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 + 0.000 000 007 450 580 596 923 828 125 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 007 275 957 614 183 425 903 320 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 003 637 978 807 091 712 951 660 156 25 + 0.000 000 000 001 818 989 403 545 856 475 830 078 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 =
0.935 999 999 999 696 630 226 253 546 425 141 394 138 336 181 640 625(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 + 0.935 999 999 999 696 630 226 253 546 425 141 394 138 336 181 640 625) × 2-4 =
1.935 999 999 999 696 630 226 253 546 425 141 394 138 336 181 640 625 × 2-4 = ...
= 0.120 999 999 999 981 039 389 140 846 651 571 337 133 646 011 352 539 062 5
0 - 011 1111 1011 - 1110 1111 1001 1101 1011 0010 0010 1101 0000 1110 0000 0000 1010, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 0.120 999 999 999 981 039 389 140 846 651 571 337 133 646 011 352 539 062 5(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.