0 - 100 0001 1011 - 0110 0011 0000 1010 1100 1110 1000 1011 1100 1011 0010 0100 1111 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 100 0001 1011 - 0110 0011 0000 1010 1100 1110 1000 1011 1100 1011 0010 0100 1111: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0001 1011 - 0110 0011 0000 1010 1100 1110 1000 1011 1100 1011 0010 0100 1111, 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 1011
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0110 0011 0000 1010 1100 1110 1000 1011 1100 1011 0010 0100 1111
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
100 0001 1011(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 1 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 1 × 21 + 1 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 16 + 8 + 0 + 2 + 1 =
1,024 + 16 + 8 + 2 + 1 =
1,051(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 = 1,051 - 1023 = 28
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 0011 0000 1010 1100 1110 1000 1011 1100 1011 0010 0100 1111(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 1 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 1 × 2-13 + 0 × 2-14 + 1 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 1 × 2-17 + 1 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 1 × 2-21 + 1 × 2-22 + 1 × 2-23 + 0 × 2-24 + 1 × 2-25 + 0 × 2-26 + 0 × 2-27 + 0 × 2-28 + 1 × 2-29 + 0 × 2-30 + 1 × 2-31 + 1 × 2-32 + 1 × 2-33 + 1 × 2-34 + 0 × 2-35 + 0 × 2-36 + 1 × 2-37 + 0 × 2-38 + 1 × 2-39 + 1 × 2-40 + 0 × 2-41 + 0 × 2-42 + 1 × 2-43 + 0 × 2-44 + 0 × 2-45 + 1 × 2-46 + 0 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 1 × 2-49 + 1 × 2-50 + 1 × 2-51 + 1 × 2-52 =
0 + 0.25 + 0.125 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 + 0 + 0.000 000 029 802 322 387 695 312 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 001 862 645 149 230 957 031 25 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 465 661 287 307 739 257 812 5 + 0.000 000 000 232 830 643 653 869 628 906 25 + 0.000 000 000 116 415 321 826 934 814 453 125 + 0.000 000 000 058 207 660 913 467 407 226 562 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 007 275 957 614 183 425 903 320 312 5 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 001 818 989 403 545 856 475 830 078 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 909 494 701 772 928 237 915 039 062 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 113 686 837 721 616 029 739 379 882 812 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 888 178 419 700 125 232 338 905 334 472 656 25 + 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 + 0.125 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0.000 003 814 697 265 625 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 + 0.000 000 029 802 322 387 695 312 5 + 0.000 000 001 862 645 149 230 957 031 25 + 0.000 000 000 465 661 287 307 739 257 812 5 + 0.000 000 000 232 830 643 653 869 628 906 25 + 0.000 000 000 116 415 321 826 934 814 453 125 + 0.000 000 000 058 207 660 913 467 407 226 562 5 + 0.000 000 000 007 275 957 614 183 425 903 320 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 001 818 989 403 545 856 475 830 078 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 909 494 701 772 928 237 915 039 062 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 113 686 837 721 616 029 739 379 882 812 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 888 178 419 700 125 232 338 905 334 472 656 25 + 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 =
0.386 883 648 995 666 851 178 043 543 768 581 002 950 668 334 960 937 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 + 0.386 883 648 995 666 851 178 043 543 768 581 002 950 668 334 960 937 5) × 228 =
1.386 883 648 995 666 851 178 043 543 768 581 002 950 668 334 960 937 5 × 228 = ...
= 372 288 744.737 095 773 220 062 255 859 375
0 - 100 0001 1011 - 0110 0011 0000 1010 1100 1110 1000 1011 1100 1011 0010 0100 1111, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 372 288 744.737 095 773 220 062 255 859 375(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.