0 - 100 0000 1000 - 0011 1101 0011 0011 0011 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1010 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 100 0000 1000 - 0011 1101 0011 0011 0011 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1010: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0000 1000 - 0011 1101 0011 0011 0011 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1010, 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 1000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0011 1101 0011 0011 0011 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1010
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
100 0000 1000(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
1,024 + 8 =
1,032(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 = 1,032 - 1023 = 9
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 1101 0011 0011 0011 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1010(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 1 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 1 × 2-11 + 1 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 0 × 2-14 + 1 × 2-15 + 1 × 2-16 + 0 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 1 × 2-19 + 1 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 1 × 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 + 0 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 1 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 1 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0 + 0 + 0.125 + 0.062 5 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0 + 0.003 906 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0 + 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 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 + 0 =
0.125 + 0.062 5 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 =
0.239 062 547 683 718 040 758 549 250 313 080 847 263 336 181 640 625(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 + 0.239 062 547 683 718 040 758 549 250 313 080 847 263 336 181 640 625) × 29 =
1.239 062 547 683 718 040 758 549 250 313 080 847 263 336 181 640 625 × 29 = ...
= 634.400 024 414 063 636 868 377 216 160 297 393 798 828 125
0 - 100 0000 1000 - 0011 1101 0011 0011 0011 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1010, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 634.400 024 414 063 636 868 377 216 160 297 393 798 828 125(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.