0 - 100 0000 0000 - 1110 1100 0001 0110 1100 0001 0111 0001 0100 0110 1000 0110 1100 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 100 0000 0000 - 1110 1100 0001 0110 1100 0001 0111 0001 0100 0110 1000 0110 1100: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0000 0000 - 1110 1100 0001 0110 1100 0001 0111 0001 0100 0110 1000 0110 1100, 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:
1110 1100 0001 0110 1100 0001 0111 0001 0100 0110 1000 0110 1100
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).
1110 1100 0001 0110 1100 0001 0111 0001 0100 0110 1000 0110 1100(2) =
1 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 1 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 1 × 2-14 + 1 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 1 × 2-17 + 1 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 0 × 2-23 + 1 × 2-24 + 0 × 2-25 + 1 × 2-26 + 1 × 2-27 + 1 × 2-28 + 0 × 2-29 + 0 × 2-30 + 0 × 2-31 + 1 × 2-32 + 0 × 2-33 + 1 × 2-34 + 0 × 2-35 + 0 × 2-36 + 0 × 2-37 + 1 × 2-38 + 1 × 2-39 + 0 × 2-40 + 1 × 2-41 + 0 × 2-42 + 0 × 2-43 + 0 × 2-44 + 0 × 2-45 + 1 × 2-46 + 1 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 1 × 2-49 + 1 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0.125 + 0 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0 + 0.000 000 014 901 161 193 847 656 25 + 0.000 000 007 450 580 596 923 828 125 + 0.000 000 003 725 290 298 461 914 062 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 232 830 643 653 869 628 906 25 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 058 207 660 913 467 407 226 562 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 454 747 350 886 464 118 957 519 531 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 007 105 427 357 601 001 858 711 242 675 781 25 + 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 + 0 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0.125 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0.000 000 014 901 161 193 847 656 25 + 0.000 000 007 450 580 596 923 828 125 + 0.000 000 003 725 290 298 461 914 062 5 + 0.000 000 000 232 830 643 653 869 628 906 25 + 0.000 000 000 058 207 660 913 467 407 226 562 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 454 747 350 886 464 118 957 519 531 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 007 105 427 357 601 001 858 711 242 675 781 25 + 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 =
0.922 222 223 429 822 740 570 216 410 560 533 404 350 280 761 718 75(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 + 0.922 222 223 429 822 740 570 216 410 560 533 404 350 280 761 718 75) × 21 =
1.922 222 223 429 822 740 570 216 410 560 533 404 350 280 761 718 75 × 21 = ...
= 3.844 444 446 859 645 481 140 432 821 121 066 808 700 561 523 437 5
0 - 100 0000 0000 - 1110 1100 0001 0110 1100 0001 0111 0001 0100 0110 1000 0110 1100, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 3.844 444 446 859 645 481 140 432 821 121 066 808 700 561 523 437 5(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.