0 - 100 0000 0000 - 0000 1010 0011 0110 0000 0001 1100 0010 0000 0000 0000 0011 1011 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 100 0000 0000 - 0000 1010 0011 0110 0000 0001 1100 0010 0000 0000 0000 0011 1011: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0000 0000 - 0000 1010 0011 0110 0000 0001 1100 0010 0000 0000 0000 0011 1011, 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:
100 0000 0000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0000 1010 0011 0110 0000 0001 1100 0010 0000 0000 0000 0011 1011
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
100 0000 0000(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
1,024 =
1,024(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 = 1,024 - 1023 = 1
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).
0000 1010 0011 0110 0000 0001 1100 0010 0000 0000 0000 0011 1011(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 1 × 2-11 + 1 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 1 × 2-14 + 1 × 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 + 1 × 2-24 + 1 × 2-25 + 1 × 2-26 + 0 × 2-27 + 0 × 2-28 + 0 × 2-29 + 0 × 2-30 + 1 × 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 + 0 × 2-46 + 1 × 2-47 + 1 × 2-48 + 1 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 1 × 2-51 + 1 × 2-52 =
0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.031 25 + 0 + 0.007 812 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 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 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 465 661 287 307 739 257 812 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 007 105 427 357 601 001 858 711 242 675 781 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 003 552 713 678 800 500 929 355 621 337 890 625 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 222 044 604 925 031 308 084 726 333 618 164 062 5 =
0.031 25 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 465 661 287 307 739 257 812 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 007 105 427 357 601 001 858 711 242 675 781 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 003 552 713 678 800 500 929 355 621 337 890 625 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 222 044 604 925 031 308 084 726 333 618 164 062 5 =
0.039 886 579 383 177 744 873 023 584 659 676 998 853 683 471 679 687 5(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 + 0.039 886 579 383 177 744 873 023 584 659 676 998 853 683 471 679 687 5) × 21 =
1.039 886 579 383 177 744 873 023 584 659 676 998 853 683 471 679 687 5 × 21 = ...
= 2.079 773 158 766 355 489 746 047 169 319 353 997 707 366 943 359 375
0 - 100 0000 0000 - 0000 1010 0011 0110 0000 0001 1100 0010 0000 0000 0000 0011 1011, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 2.079 773 158 766 355 489 746 047 169 319 353 997 707 366 943 359 375(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.