0 - 101 1111 1111 - 1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0101 1000 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 101 1111 1111 - 1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0101 1000: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 101 1111 1111 - 1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0101 1000, 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 1111 1111
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0101 1000
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
101 1111 1111(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 1 × 28 + 1 × 27 + 1 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 1 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 1 × 22 + 1 × 21 + 1 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 256 + 128 + 64 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1 =
1,024 + 256 + 128 + 64 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1 =
1,535(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 = 1,535 - 1023 = 512
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).
1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0101 1000(2) =
1 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 0 × 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 + 1 × 2-46 + 0 × 2-47 + 1 × 2-48 + 1 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 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 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
0.5 + 0.25 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 =
0.750 000 000 000 019 539 925 233 402 755 111 455 917 358 398 437 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 + 0.750 000 000 000 019 539 925 233 402 755 111 455 917 358 398 437 5) × 2512 =
1.750 000 000 000 019 539 925 233 402 755 111 455 917 358 398 437 5 × 2512 = ...
= 23 463 663 877 399 806 911 819 038 649 772 715 445 756 795 801 495 087 112 337 409 548 933 279 395 208 021 472 473 401 919 846 748 077 369 403 426 476 029 834 723 457 230 352 210 284 086 346 716 656 173 056
0 - 101 1111 1111 - 1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0101 1000, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 23 463 663 877 399 806 911 819 038 649 772 715 445 756 795 801 495 087 112 337 409 548 933 279 395 208 021 472 473 401 919 846 748 077 369 403 426 476 029 834 723 457 230 352 210 284 086 346 716 656 173 056(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.