0 - 100 0000 0010 - 0110 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1011 1100 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 100 0000 0010 - 0110 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1011 1100: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0000 0010 - 0110 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1011 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 0010
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0110 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1011 1100
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
100 0000 0010(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 1 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 2 + 0 =
1,024 + 2 =
1,026(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 = 1,026 - 1023 = 3
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).
0110 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1011 1100(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 1 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 1 × 2-13 + 0 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 1 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 1 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 0 × 2-23 + 0 × 2-24 + 1 × 2-25 + 0 × 2-26 + 0 × 2-27 + 0 × 2-28 + 1 × 2-29 + 0 × 2-30 + 0 × 2-31 + 0 × 2-32 + 1 × 2-33 + 0 × 2-34 + 0 × 2-35 + 0 × 2-36 + 1 × 2-37 + 0 × 2-38 + 0 × 2-39 + 0 × 2-40 + 1 × 2-41 + 0 × 2-42 + 0 × 2-43 + 0 × 2-44 + 1 × 2-45 + 0 × 2-46 + 1 × 2-47 + 1 × 2-48 + 1 × 2-49 + 1 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0 + 0.25 + 0.125 + 0 + 0.031 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.001 953 125 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 029 802 322 387 695 312 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 001 862 645 149 230 957 031 25 + 0 + 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 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 454 747 350 886 464 118 957 519 531 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 028 421 709 430 404 007 434 844 970 703 125 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 888 178 419 700 125 232 338 905 334 472 656 25 + 0 + 0 =
0.25 + 0.125 + 0.031 25 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0.000 000 029 802 322 387 695 312 5 + 0.000 000 001 862 645 149 230 957 031 25 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 454 747 350 886 464 118 957 519 531 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 028 421 709 430 404 007 434 844 970 703 125 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 888 178 419 700 125 232 338 905 334 472 656 25 =
0.408 333 333 333 344 761 229 000 141 611 322 760 581 970 214 843 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 + 0.408 333 333 333 344 761 229 000 141 611 322 760 581 970 214 843 75) × 23 =
1.408 333 333 333 344 761 229 000 141 611 322 760 581 970 214 843 75 × 23 = ...
= 11.266 666 666 666 758 089 832 001 132 890 582 084 655 761 718 75
0 - 100 0000 0010 - 0110 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1011 1100, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 11.266 666 666 666 758 089 832 001 132 890 582 084 655 761 718 75(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.