0 - 101 0101 1010 - 0001 1110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 0110 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 101 0101 1010 - 0001 1110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 0110: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 101 0101 1010 - 0001 1110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 0110, 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:
101 0101 1010
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0001 1110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 0110
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
101 0101 1010(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 1 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 1 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 1 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 1 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 256 + 0 + 64 + 0 + 16 + 8 + 0 + 2 + 0 =
1,024 + 256 + 64 + 16 + 8 + 2 =
1,370(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 = 1,370 - 1023 = 347
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).
0001 1110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 0110(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 0 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 0 × 2-17 + 0 × 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 + 0 × 2-46 + 1 × 2-47 + 1 × 2-48 + 0 × 2-49 + 1 × 2-50 + 1 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0 + 0 + 0 + 0.062 5 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0.007 812 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 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 007 105 427 357 601 001 858 711 242 675 781 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 003 552 713 678 800 500 929 355 621 337 890 625 + 0 + 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 =
0.062 5 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 007 105 427 357 601 001 858 711 242 675 781 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 003 552 713 678 800 500 929 355 621 337 890 625 + 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 =
0.117 187 500 000 011 990 408 665 951 690 636 575 222 015 380 859 375(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 + 0.117 187 500 000 011 990 408 665 951 690 636 575 222 015 380 859 375) × 2347 =
1.117 187 500 000 011 990 408 665 951 690 636 575 222 015 380 859 375 × 2347 = ...
= 320 283 498 131 429 439 607 924 310 566 558 109 773 494 496 930 201 657 843 612 752 705 245 186 065 771 300 707 908 832 168 531 502 039 040
0 - 101 0101 1010 - 0001 1110 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 0110, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 320 283 498 131 429 439 607 924 310 566 558 109 773 494 496 930 201 657 843 612 752 705 245 186 065 771 300 707 908 832 168 531 502 039 040(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.