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Floating-point arithmetic, an Uncommon card
In computing, floating-point arithmetic is arithmetic on subsets of real numbers formed by a significand multiplied by an integer power of that base.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 88
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 190,000
Power 174 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Floating-point arithmetic quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Floating-point arithmetic card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ floating-point number with only five digits is 12.346.
Answer
nearest. The nearest floating-point number with only five digits is 12.346. From the Floating-point arithmetic article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy 91 · Floating-point arithmetic 88 · Betty Friedan 81 · Reading 77 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Numbers of this form are called floating-point numbers.
- For example, the number 2469/200 is a floating-point number in base ten with five digits: 2469 / 200 = 12.345 = 12345 ⏟ significand × 10 ⏟ base − 3 ⏞ exponent However, 7716/625 = 12.3456 is not a floating-point number in base ten with five digits, it needs six digits.
- The nearest floating-point number with only five digits is 12.346.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Floating-point arithmetic article was read about 190,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 88 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Floating-point arithmetic (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Venusianer at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
