0 - 100 0010 0001 - 1101 1110 1100 0101 1011 1001 0110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0101 0011 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 100 0010 0001 - 1101 1110 1100 0101 1011 1001 0110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0101 0011: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0010 0001 - 1101 1110 1100 0101 1011 1001 0110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0101 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 0010 0001
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
1101 1110 1100 0101 1011 1001 0110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0101 0011
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
100 0010 0001(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 1 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 32 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 =
1,024 + 32 + 1 =
1,057(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 = 1,057 - 1023 = 34
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).
1101 1110 1100 0101 1011 1001 0110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0101 0011(2) =
1 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 1 × 2-9 + 1 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 1 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 1 × 2-16 + 1 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 1 × 2-19 + 1 × 2-20 + 1 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 0 × 2-23 + 1 × 2-24 + 0 × 2-25 + 1 × 2-26 + 1 × 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 + 1 × 2-48 + 0 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 1 × 2-51 + 1 × 2-52 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0 + 0.062 5 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0.007 812 5 + 0 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 976 562 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0 + 0.000 001 907 348 632 812 5 + 0.000 000 953 674 316 406 25 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0 + 0.000 000 014 901 161 193 847 656 25 + 0.000 000 007 450 580 596 923 828 125 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 003 552 713 678 800 500 929 355 621 337 890 625 + 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 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 0.062 5 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.001 953 125 + 0.000 976 562 5 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0.000 001 907 348 632 812 5 + 0.000 000 953 674 316 406 25 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0.000 000 014 901 161 193 847 656 25 + 0.000 000 007 450 580 596 923 828 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 003 552 713 678 800 500 929 355 621 337 890 625 + 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 =
0.870 204 530 656 356 167 739 318 152 598 571 032 285 690 307 617 187 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 + 0.870 204 530 656 356 167 739 318 152 598 571 032 285 690 307 617 187 5) × 234 =
1.870 204 530 656 356 167 739 318 152 598 571 032 285 690 307 617 187 5 × 234 = ...
= 32 129 869 184.000 316 619 873 046 875
0 - 100 0010 0001 - 1101 1110 1100 0101 1011 1001 0110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0101 0011, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 32 129 869 184.000 316 619 873 046 875(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.