What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 1010 1010 - 0101 0101 0100 1110 1010 0101 0101 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 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 1010 1010
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0101 0101 0100 1110 1010 0101 0101 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
100 1010 1010(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 1 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 1 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 0 + 128 + 0 + 32 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 2 + 0 =
1,024 + 128 + 32 + 8 + 2 =
1,194(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 = 1,194 - 1023 = 171
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 0101 0100 1110 1010 0101 0101 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 1 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 1 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 1 × 2-13 + 1 × 2-14 + 1 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 1 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 1 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 0 × 2-21 + 1 × 2-22 + 0 × 2-23 + 1 × 2-24 + 0 × 2-25 + 1 × 2-26 + 0 × 2-27 + 1 × 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 + 0 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 0 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0 + 0.25 + 0 + 0.062 5 + 0 + 0.015 625 + 0 + 0.003 906 25 + 0 + 0.000 976 562 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0 + 0.000 001 907 348 632 812 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0 + 0.000 000 014 901 161 193 847 656 25 + 0 + 0.000 000 003 725 290 298 461 914 062 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
0.25 + 0.062 5 + 0.015 625 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.000 976 562 5 + 0.000 122 070 312 5 + 0.000 061 035 156 25 + 0.000 030 517 578 125 + 0.000 007 629 394 531 25 + 0.000 001 907 348 632 812 5 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0.000 000 014 901 161 193 847 656 25 + 0.000 000 003 725 290 298 461 914 062 5 =
0.333 231 288 939 714 431 762 695 312 5(10)
= 3 990 568 369 615 222 293 471 878 386 417 181 594 939 886 971 912 192
0 - 100 1010 1010 - 0101 0101 0100 1110 1010 0101 0101 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 3 990 568 369 615 222 293 471 878 386 417 181 594 939 886 971 912 192(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.