0 - 100 0000 1011 - 0100 0110 1101 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 0000 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 100 0000 1011 - 0100 0110 1101 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 0000: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0000 1011 - 0100 0110 1101 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 0000, 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 1011
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0100 0110 1101 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 0000
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
100 0000 1011(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 1 × 21 + 1 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 2 + 1 =
1,024 + 8 + 2 + 1 =
1,035(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 = 1,035 - 1023 = 12
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).
0100 0110 1101 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 0000(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 1 × 2-9 + 1 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 1 × 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 + 0 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0 + 0.25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.015 625 + 0.007 812 5 + 0 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 976 562 5 + 0 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 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 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
0.25 + 0.015 625 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 976 562 5 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 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 =
0.276 611 328 125 010 658 141 036 401 502 788 066 864 013 671 875(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 + 0.276 611 328 125 010 658 141 036 401 502 788 066 864 013 671 875) × 212 =
1.276 611 328 125 010 658 141 036 401 502 788 066 864 013 671 875 × 212 = ...
= 5 229.000 000 000 043 655 745 685 100 555 419 921 875
0 - 100 0000 1011 - 0100 0110 1101 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 0000, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 5 229.000 000 000 043 655 745 685 100 555 419 921 875(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.