0 - 100 0000 0000 - 1001 0010 0001 1111 1011 0101 0011 1100 1000 1101 0100 1100 0100 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 100 0000 0000 - 1001 0010 0001 1111 1011 0101 0011 1100 1000 1101 0100 1100 0100: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0000 0000 - 1001 0010 0001 1111 1011 0101 0011 1100 1000 1101 0100 1100 0100, 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:
1001 0010 0001 1111 1011 0101 0011 1100 1000 1101 0100 1100 0100
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).
1001 0010 0001 1111 1011 0101 0011 1100 1000 1101 0100 1100 0100(2) =
1 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 1 × 2-12 + 1 × 2-13 + 1 × 2-14 + 1 × 2-15 + 1 × 2-16 + 1 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 1 × 2-19 + 1 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 1 × 2-22 + 0 × 2-23 + 1 × 2-24 + 0 × 2-25 + 0 × 2-26 + 1 × 2-27 + 1 × 2-28 + 1 × 2-29 + 1 × 2-30 + 0 × 2-31 + 0 × 2-32 + 1 × 2-33 + 0 × 2-34 + 0 × 2-35 + 0 × 2-36 + 1 × 2-37 + 1 × 2-38 + 0 × 2-39 + 1 × 2-40 + 0 × 2-41 + 1 × 2-42 + 0 × 2-43 + 0 × 2-44 + 1 × 2-45 + 1 × 2-46 + 0 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 0 × 2-49 + 1 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0.5 + 0 + 0 + 0.062 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.007 812 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 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 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0 + 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 + 0.000 000 001 862 645 149 230 957 031 25 + 0.000 000 000 931 322 574 615 478 515 625 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 116 415 321 826 934 814 453 125 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 909 494 701 772 928 237 915 039 062 5 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 227 373 675 443 232 059 478 759 765 625 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 028 421 709 430 404 007 434 844 970 703 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 888 178 419 700 125 232 338 905 334 472 656 25 + 0 + 0 =
0.5 + 0.062 5 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 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 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 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 + 0.000 000 001 862 645 149 230 957 031 25 + 0.000 000 000 931 322 574 615 478 515 625 + 0.000 000 000 116 415 321 826 934 814 453 125 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 909 494 701 772 928 237 915 039 062 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 227 373 675 443 232 059 478 759 765 625 + 0.000 000 000 000 028 421 709 430 404 007 434 844 970 703 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 888 178 419 700 125 232 338 905 334 472 656 25 =
0.570 796 324 999 990 112 303 294 154 116 883 873 939 514 160 156 25(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 + 0.570 796 324 999 990 112 303 294 154 116 883 873 939 514 160 156 25) × 21 =
1.570 796 324 999 990 112 303 294 154 116 883 873 939 514 160 156 25 × 21 = ...
= 3.141 592 649 999 980 224 606 588 308 233 767 747 879 028 320 312 5
0 - 100 0000 0000 - 1001 0010 0001 1111 1011 0101 0011 1100 1000 1101 0100 1100 0100, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 3.141 592 649 999 980 224 606 588 308 233 767 747 879 028 320 312 5(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.