0 - 100 0000 0101 - 0011 1001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 1000 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 100 0000 0101 - 0011 1001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 1000: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0000 0101 - 0011 1001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 1000, 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 0101
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0011 1001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 1000
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
100 0000 0101(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 1 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 1 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 4 + 0 + 1 =
1,024 + 4 + 1 =
1,029(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 = 1,029 - 1023 = 6
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 1001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 1000(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 1 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 0 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 0 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 0 × 2-23 + 0 × 2-24 + 0 × 2-25 + 0 × 2-26 + 0 × 2-27 + 0 × 2-28 + 0 × 2-29 + 0 × 2-30 + 0 × 2-31 + 0 × 2-32 + 0 × 2-33 + 0 × 2-34 + 0 × 2-35 + 0 × 2-36 + 0 × 2-37 + 0 × 2-38 + 0 × 2-39 + 0 × 2-40 + 0 × 2-41 + 0 × 2-42 + 0 × 2-43 + 0 × 2-44 + 0 × 2-45 + 0 × 2-46 + 1 × 2-47 + 1 × 2-48 + 1 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0 + 0 + 0.125 + 0.062 5 + 0.031 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.003 906 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 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 + 0 + 0 =
0.125 + 0.062 5 + 0.031 25 + 0.003 906 25 + 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 =
0.222 656 250 000 012 434 497 875 801 753 252 744 674 682 617 187 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 + 0.222 656 250 000 012 434 497 875 801 753 252 744 674 682 617 187 5) × 26 =
1.222 656 250 000 012 434 497 875 801 753 252 744 674 682 617 187 5 × 26 = ...
= 78.250 000 000 000 795 807 864 051 312 208 175 659 179 687 5
0 - 100 0000 0101 - 0011 1001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 1000, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 78.250 000 000 000 795 807 864 051 312 208 175 659 179 687 5(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.