1 - 111 0000 0000 - 0010 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0100 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
1 - 111 0000 0000 - 0010 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0100: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
1 - 111 0000 0000 - 0010 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0100, 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:
111 0000 0000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0010 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0100
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
111 0000 0000(2) =
1 × 210 + 1 × 29 + 1 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
1,024 + 512 + 256 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
1,024 + 512 + 256 =
1,792(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 = 1,792 - 1023 = 769
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).
0010 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0100(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 1 × 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 + 1 × 2-48 + 0 × 2-49 + 1 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0 + 0 + 0.125 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 003 552 713 678 800 500 929 355 621 337 890 625 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 888 178 419 700 125 232 338 905 334 472 656 25 + 0 + 0 =
0.125 + 0.000 000 000 000 003 552 713 678 800 500 929 355 621 337 890 625 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 888 178 419 700 125 232 338 905 334 472 656 25 =
0.125 000 000 000 004 440 892 098 500 626 161 694 526 672 363 281 25(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 + 0.125 000 000 000 004 440 892 098 500 626 161 694 526 672 363 281 25) × 2769 =
-1.125 000 000 000 004 440 892 098 500 626 161 694 526 672 363 281 25 × 2769 = ...
= -3 493 165 707 676 608 893 215 861 604 008 877 571 148 512 115 797 056 395 345 639 798 339 496 886 717 838 534 741 694 980 404 004 897 038 602 253 590 014 499 176 119 933 439 085 373 998 410 124 290 673 456 520 988 776 073 713 447 594 109 637 335 620 903 984 411 883 216 464 806 018 348 490 735 667 816 431 616
1 - 111 0000 0000 - 0010 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0100, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = -3 493 165 707 676 608 893 215 861 604 008 877 571 148 512 115 797 056 395 345 639 798 339 496 886 717 838 534 741 694 980 404 004 897 038 602 253 590 014 499 176 119 933 439 085 373 998 410 124 290 673 456 520 988 776 073 713 447 594 109 637 335 620 903 984 411 883 216 464 806 018 348 490 735 667 816 431 616(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.