1 - 111 1010 0000 - 0101 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0100 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
1 - 111 1010 0000 - 0101 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0100: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
1 - 111 1010 0000 - 0101 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 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 1010 0000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0101 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0100
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
111 1010 0000(2) =
1 × 210 + 1 × 29 + 1 × 28 + 1 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
1,024 + 512 + 256 + 128 + 0 + 32 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
1,024 + 512 + 256 + 128 + 32 =
1,952(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 = 1,952 - 1023 = 929
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).
0101 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0100(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 1 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 0 × 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 + 0 × 2-45 + 1 × 2-46 + 1 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 0 × 2-49 + 1 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0 + 0.25 + 0 + 0.062 5 + 0 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 007 105 427 357 601 001 858 711 242 675 781 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 888 178 419 700 125 232 338 905 334 472 656 25 + 0 + 0 =
0.25 + 0.062 5 + 0.015 625 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 007 105 427 357 601 001 858 711 242 675 781 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 888 178 419 700 125 232 338 905 334 472 656 25 =
0.328 125 000 000 022 204 460 492 503 130 808 472 633 361 816 406 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 + 0.328 125 000 000 022 204 460 492 503 130 808 472 633 361 816 406 25) × 2929 =
-1.328 125 000 000 022 204 460 492 503 130 808 472 633 361 816 406 25 × 2929 = ...
= -6 027 051 793 127 711 940 572 731 733 499 858 711 733 664 665 578 584 881 260 144 831 082 509 408 067 249 224 040 486 032 085 952 161 271 879 298 730 753 965 705 328 596 801 091 790 893 195 086 008 827 807 681 439 703 616 921 507 016 747 681 658 566 092 613 222 171 656 954 960 072 491 044 592 134 391 612 987 829 418 953 733 028 919 392 533 402 896 317 994 324 857 978 880
1 - 111 1010 0000 - 0101 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0100, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = -6 027 051 793 127 711 940 572 731 733 499 858 711 733 664 665 578 584 881 260 144 831 082 509 408 067 249 224 040 486 032 085 952 161 271 879 298 730 753 965 705 328 596 801 091 790 893 195 086 008 827 807 681 439 703 616 921 507 016 747 681 658 566 092 613 222 171 656 954 960 072 491 044 592 134 391 612 987 829 418 953 733 028 919 392 533 402 896 317 994 324 857 978 880(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.