1 - 110 0001 1000 - 0011 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010 1001 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
1 - 110 0001 1000 - 0011 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010 1001: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
1 - 110 0001 1000 - 0011 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010 1001, 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.
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The next 11 bits contain the exponent:
110 0001 1000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0011 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010 1001
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
110 0001 1000(2) =
1 × 210 + 1 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 1 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
1,024 + 512 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 16 + 8 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
1,024 + 512 + 16 + 8 =
1,560(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 = 1,560 - 1023 = 537
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).
0011 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010 1001(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 1 × 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 + 0 × 2-48 + 1 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 1 × 2-52 =
0 + 0 + 0.125 + 0.062 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 007 105 427 357 601 001 858 711 242 675 781 25 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 222 044 604 925 031 308 084 726 333 618 164 062 5 =
0.125 + 0.062 5 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 007 105 427 357 601 001 858 711 242 675 781 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 222 044 604 925 031 308 084 726 333 618 164 062 5 =
0.199 218 750 000 009 103 828 801 926 283 631 473 779 678 344 726 562 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)1 × (1 + 0.199 218 750 000 009 103 828 801 926 283 631 473 779 678 344 726 562 5) × 2537 =
-1.199 218 750 000 009 103 828 801 926 283 631 473 779 678 344 726 562 5 × 2537 = ...
= -539 518 177 704 988 974 453 955 562 183 212 428 387 204 947 743 055 800 895 892 848 626 460 137 083 519 612 936 137 538 811 358 634 226 382 891 006 345 425 287 787 122 566 362 969 298 261 909 257 685 636 424 400 896
1 - 110 0001 1000 - 0011 0011 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010 1001, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = -539 518 177 704 988 974 453 955 562 183 212 428 387 204 947 743 055 800 895 892 848 626 460 137 083 519 612 936 137 538 811 358 634 226 382 891 006 345 425 287 787 122 566 362 969 298 261 909 257 685 636 424 400 896(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.