0 - 110 1000 0000 - 0110 1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1100 1001 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 110 1000 0000 - 0110 1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1100 1001: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 110 1000 0000 - 0110 1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1100 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.
0
The next 11 bits contain the exponent:
110 1000 0000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0110 1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1100 1001
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
110 1000 0000(2) =
1 × 210 + 1 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 1 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
1,024 + 512 + 0 + 128 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
1,024 + 512 + 128 =
1,664(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 = 1,664 - 1023 = 641
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 1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1100 1001(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 1 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 1 × 2-5 + 1 × 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 + 1 × 2-45 + 1 × 2-46 + 0 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 1 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 1 × 2-52 =
0 + 0.25 + 0.125 + 0 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 028 421 709 430 404 007 434 844 970 703 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0 + 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 =
0.25 + 0.125 + 0.031 25 + 0.015 625 + 0.000 000 000 000 028 421 709 430 404 007 434 844 970 703 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 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 =
0.421 875 000 000 044 630 965 589 931 292 925 029 993 057 250 976 562 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)0 × (1 + 0.421 875 000 000 044 630 965 589 931 292 925 029 993 057 250 976 562 5) × 2641 =
1.421 875 000 000 044 630 965 589 931 292 925 029 993 057 250 976 562 5 × 2641 = ...
= 12 974 440 506 363 524 905 271 254 155 851 151 206 132 209 350 394 026 629 582 957 985 381 971 533 665 334 433 703 872 171 704 002 623 743 970 302 157 844 607 398 759 710 818 318 463 050 385 574 850 048 369 479 600 231 391 687 149 593 176 339 355 009 024 000
0 - 110 1000 0000 - 0110 1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1100 1001, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 12 974 440 506 363 524 905 271 254 155 851 151 206 132 209 350 394 026 629 582 957 985 381 971 533 665 334 433 703 872 171 704 002 623 743 970 302 157 844 607 398 759 710 818 318 463 050 385 574 850 048 369 479 600 231 391 687 149 593 176 339 355 009 024 000(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.