0 - 100 0000 0100 - 1011 0100 0001 1100 1010 1100 0000 1000 0011 0001 0010 0000 1111 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 100 0000 0100 - 1011 0100 0001 1100 1010 1100 0000 1000 0011 0001 0010 0000 1111: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0000 0100 - 1011 0100 0001 1100 1010 1100 0000 1000 0011 0001 0010 0000 1111, 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 0100
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
1011 0100 0001 1100 1010 1100 0000 1000 0011 0001 0010 0000 1111
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
100 0000 0100(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 1 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 4 + 0 + 0 =
1,024 + 4 =
1,028(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 = 1,028 - 1023 = 5
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).
1011 0100 0001 1100 1010 1100 0000 1000 0011 0001 0010 0000 1111(2) =
1 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 1 × 2-12 + 1 × 2-13 + 1 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 1 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 1 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 1 × 2-21 + 1 × 2-22 + 0 × 2-23 + 0 × 2-24 + 0 × 2-25 + 0 × 2-26 + 0 × 2-27 + 0 × 2-28 + 1 × 2-29 + 0 × 2-30 + 0 × 2-31 + 0 × 2-32 + 0 × 2-33 + 0 × 2-34 + 1 × 2-35 + 1 × 2-36 + 0 × 2-37 + 0 × 2-38 + 0 × 2-39 + 1 × 2-40 + 0 × 2-41 + 0 × 2-42 + 1 × 2-43 + 0 × 2-44 + 0 × 2-45 + 0 × 2-46 + 0 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 1 × 2-49 + 1 × 2-50 + 1 × 2-51 + 1 × 2-52 =
0.5 + 0 + 0.125 + 0.062 5 + 0 + 0.015 625 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0 + 0.000 001 907 348 632 812 5 + 0 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 001 862 645 149 230 957 031 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 909 494 701 772 928 237 915 039 062 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 113 686 837 721 616 029 739 379 882 812 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 222 044 604 925 031 308 084 726 333 618 164 062 5 =
0.5 + 0.125 + 0.062 5 + 0.015 625 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0.000 001 907 348 632 812 5 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0.000 000 001 862 645 149 230 957 031 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 909 494 701 772 928 237 915 039 062 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 113 686 837 721 616 029 739 379 882 812 5 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 222 044 604 925 031 308 084 726 333 618 164 062 5 =
0.703 562 499 999 978 774 312 126 006 407 197 564 840 316 772 460 937 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 + 0.703 562 499 999 978 774 312 126 006 407 197 564 840 316 772 460 937 5) × 25 =
1.703 562 499 999 978 774 312 126 006 407 197 564 840 316 772 460 937 5 × 25 = ...
= 54.513 999 999 999 320 777 988 032 205 030 322 074 890 136 718 75
0 - 100 0000 0100 - 1011 0100 0001 1100 1010 1100 0000 1000 0011 0001 0010 0000 1111, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 54.513 999 999 999 320 777 988 032 205 030 322 074 890 136 718 75(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.