0 - 100 0000 1010 - 0110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 100 0000 1010 - 0110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0000 1010 - 0110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010, 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 1010
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
100 0000 1010(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 1 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 2 + 0 =
1,024 + 8 + 2 =
1,034(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 = 1,034 - 1023 = 11
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 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 0 × 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 + 0 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 0 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 1 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0 + 0.25 + 0.125 + 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 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 + 0 =
0.25 + 0.125 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 =
0.375 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125(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 + 0.375 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125) × 211 =
1.375 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 × 211 = ...
= 2 816.000 000 000 000 909 494 701 772 928 237 915 039 062 5
0 - 100 0000 1010 - 0110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 2 816.000 000 000 000 909 494 701 772 928 237 915 039 062 5(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.