0 - 100 0001 0000 - 0100 0101 1000 0101 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0011 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 100 0001 0000 - 0100 0101 1000 0101 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0011: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0001 0000 - 0100 0101 1000 0101 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0011, 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 0001 0000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0100 0101 1000 0101 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0011
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
100 0001 0000(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 1 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 16 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
1,024 + 16 =
1,040(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 = 1,040 - 1023 = 17
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 0101 1000 0101 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0011(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 1 × 2-8 + 1 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 1 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 1 × 2-16 + 0 × 2-17 + 1 × 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 + 1 × 2-46 + 0 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 0 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 1 × 2-51 + 1 × 2-52 =
0 + 0.25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.015 625 + 0 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.001 953 125 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 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 =
0.25 + 0.015 625 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 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 =
0.271 564 483 642 593 001 988 529 977 097 641 676 664 352 416 992 187 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 + 0.271 564 483 642 593 001 988 529 977 097 641 676 664 352 416 992 187 5) × 217 =
1.271 564 483 642 593 001 988 529 977 097 641 676 664 352 416 992 187 5 × 217 = ...
= 166 666.500 000 001 949 956 640 601 158 142 089 843 75
0 - 100 0001 0000 - 0100 0101 1000 0101 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0011, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 166 666.500 000 001 949 956 640 601 158 142 089 843 75(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.