IEEE 754 converter

Convert a decimal number into its IEEE 754 single-precision binary representation, broken into sign, exponent, and mantissa.

Decimal value

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■ Sign

■ Exponent

■ Mantissa

Hex: —

How it works

IEEE 754 single-precision splits 32 bits into three parts: 1 sign bit (positive or negative), 8 exponent bits (scale), and 23 mantissa bits (precision). Together they represent the number the same way scientific notation does, in binary.

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