1 - 110 0101 1001 - 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
1 - 110 0101 1001 - 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
1 - 110 0101 1001 - 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 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.
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The next 11 bits contain the exponent:
110 0101 1001
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
110 0101 1001(2) =
1 × 210 + 1 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 1 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 1 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 1 × 20 =
1,024 + 512 + 0 + 0 + 64 + 0 + 16 + 8 + 0 + 0 + 1 =
1,024 + 512 + 64 + 16 + 8 + 1 =
1,625(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 = 1,625 - 1023 = 602
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).
1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110(2) =
1 × 2-1 + 0 × 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 + 0 × 2-46 + 0 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 0 × 2-49 + 1 × 2-50 + 1 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0.5 + 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 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 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 =
0.5 + 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 =
0.500 000 000 000 001 332 267 629 550 187 848 508 358 001 708 984 375(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)1 × (1 + 0.500 000 000 000 001 332 267 629 550 187 848 508 358 001 708 984 375) × 2602 =
-1.500 000 000 000 001 332 267 629 550 187 848 508 358 001 708 984 375 × 2602 = ...
= -24 897 093 413 285 979 864 135 530 120 865 827 696 433 550 371 592 654 116 309 219 855 724 551 885 311 239 380 102 318 810 179 802 957 877 967 657 512 145 798 385 630 852 334 374 361 440 590 564 970 265 613 537 020 907 808 862 437 900 288 000
1 - 110 0101 1001 - 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = -24 897 093 413 285 979 864 135 530 120 865 827 696 433 550 371 592 654 116 309 219 855 724 551 885 311 239 380 102 318 810 179 802 957 877 967 657 512 145 798 385 630 852 334 374 361 440 590 564 970 265 613 537 020 907 808 862 437 900 288 000(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.