0 - 100 0000 0000 - 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0000 0000 0000 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 100 0000 0000 - 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0000 0000 0000: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0000 0000 - 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0000 0000 0000, 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:
0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0000 0000 0000
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).
0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0000 0000 0000(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 1 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 1 × 2-11 + 1 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 0 × 2-14 + 1 × 2-15 + 1 × 2-16 + 0 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 1 × 2-19 + 1 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 1 × 2-23 + 1 × 2-24 + 0 × 2-25 + 0 × 2-26 + 1 × 2-27 + 1 × 2-28 + 0 × 2-29 + 0 × 2-30 + 1 × 2-31 + 1 × 2-32 + 0 × 2-33 + 0 × 2-34 + 1 × 2-35 + 1 × 2-36 + 0 × 2-37 + 0 × 2-38 + 1 × 2-39 + 1 × 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 + 0 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0 + 0 + 0.125 + 0.062 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0 + 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 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 007 450 580 596 923 828 125 + 0.000 000 003 725 290 298 461 914 062 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 465 661 287 307 739 257 812 5 + 0.000 000 000 232 830 643 653 869 628 906 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 029 103 830 456 733 703 613 281 25 + 0.000 000 000 014 551 915 228 366 851 806 640 625 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 001 818 989 403 545 856 475 830 078 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 909 494 701 772 928 237 915 039 062 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
0.125 + 0.062 5 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 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 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0.000 000 007 450 580 596 923 828 125 + 0.000 000 003 725 290 298 461 914 062 5 + 0.000 000 000 465 661 287 307 739 257 812 5 + 0.000 000 000 232 830 643 653 869 628 906 25 + 0.000 000 000 029 103 830 456 733 703 613 281 25 + 0.000 000 000 014 551 915 228 366 851 806 640 625 + 0.000 000 000 001 818 989 403 545 856 475 830 078 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 909 494 701 772 928 237 915 039 062 5 =
0.199 999 999 999 818 101 059 645 414 352 416 992 187 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 + 0.199 999 999 999 818 101 059 645 414 352 416 992 187 5) × 21 =
1.199 999 999 999 818 101 059 645 414 352 416 992 187 5 × 21 = ...
= 2.399 999 999 999 636 202 119 290 828 704 833 984 375
0 - 100 0000 0000 - 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0000 0000 0000, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 2.399 999 999 999 636 202 119 290 828 704 833 984 375(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.