Fundamental types of numbers

• Reals

  +/- xxx.yyyyy
  
  xxx integer part
  yyyyy fractional part

• A better representation:

  • Sign: +/-
  • Mantissa: a fraction between 0.1 and 1.0
  • Exponent: x 10e
    - 0.923456 x 10-6 or -0.923456e-6

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