0 - 110 0010 1000 - 0110 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1000 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 110 0010 1000 - 0110 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1000: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 110 0010 1000 - 0110 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 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:
110 0010 1000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0110 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1000
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
110 0010 1000(2) =
1 × 210 + 1 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
1,024 + 512 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 32 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
1,024 + 512 + 32 + 8 =
1,576(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 = 1,576 - 1023 = 553
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).
0110 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1000(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 1 × 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 + 0 × 2-46 + 0 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 1 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0 + 0.25 + 0.125 + 0 + 0.031 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
0.25 + 0.125 + 0.031 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 =
0.406 250 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 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 + 0.406 250 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5) × 2553 =
1.406 250 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 × 2553 = ...
= 41 461 989 530 510 150 238 231 649 225 103 929 022 378 277 883 856 899 156 929 300 046 227 326 876 130 321 751 001 021 437 926 336 271 815 148 326 865 042 983 642 433 420 928 571 613 410 007 210 073 142 203 345 363 009 536
0 - 110 0010 1000 - 0110 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1000, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 41 461 989 530 510 150 238 231 649 225 103 929 022 378 277 883 856 899 156 929 300 046 227 326 876 130 321 751 001 021 437 926 336 271 815 148 326 865 042 983 642 433 420 928 571 613 410 007 210 073 142 203 345 363 009 536(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.