What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0011 0000 - 0101 0100 0101 1010 0001 0111 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 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 0011 0000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0101 0100 0101 1010 0001 0111 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0010
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
100 0011 0000(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 1 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 32 + 16 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
1,024 + 32 + 16 =
1,072(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 = 1,072 - 1023 = 49
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).
0101 0100 0101 1010 0001 0111 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0010(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 1 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 1 × 2-12 + 1 × 2-13 + 0 × 2-14 + 1 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 0 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 1 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 1 × 2-22 + 1 × 2-23 + 1 × 2-24 + 1 × 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 + 0 × 2-52 =
0 + 0.25 + 0 + 0.062 5 + 0 + 0.015 625 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 976 562 5 + 0 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 953 674 316 406 25 + 0 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0.000 000 029 802 322 387 695 312 5 + 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 =
0.25 + 0.062 5 + 0.015 625 + 0.000 976 562 5 + 0.000 244 140 625 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0.000 000 953 674 316 406 25 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0.000 000 029 802 322 387 695 312 5 + 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 =
0.329 499 691 724 791 876 623 612 552 066 333 591 938 018 798 828 125(10)
= 748 441 789 530 120.25
0 - 100 0011 0000 - 0101 0100 0101 1010 0001 0111 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0010, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 748 441 789 530 120.25(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.