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Anyone Any Good With Decimal Points?
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:04 am
by Darkspire
I can do most things but decimal points do often get me thinking.
some examples:
I have a range of numbers from 0 > 1.0
so the numbers range from 0 to 0.999 then 1.0?
so 0.200 would be a fifth of the total value?
this is the one that gets me:
0.6
Is that .600 or .006?
Like 0.33 is that 0.330 or 0.033?
Thanks in advance of me not having a peanut meltdown [:)]
Darkspire
RE: Anyone Any Good With Decimal Points?
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:08 am
by Oberst_Klink
ORIGINAL: Darkspire
I can do most things but decimal points do often get me thinking.
some examples:
I have a range of numbers from 0 > 1.0
so the numbers range from 0 to 0.999 then 1.0?
so 0.200 would be a fifth of the total value?
this is the one that gets me:
0.6
Is that .600 or .006?
Like 0.33 is that 0.330 or 0.033?
Thanks in advance of me not having a peanut meltdown [:)]
Darkspire
0.6 is 0.600, 0.33 is 0.330
remember... after the decimal point (or comma as we Germans use), it's 1/10th, then 1/100th, then 1/1000th etc.
Klink, Oberst
P.S. That reminds me of... the range display in sectors for the starship. Are there any plans to calculate or measure the range between star systems, e.g. a click and drag tape measure kinda thing? Would come in quite handy.
RE: Anyone Any Good With Decimal Points?
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:22 am
by Darkspire
Thanks. I can program in hex and can do math in it but decimal I never really used much, base 10 is a strange language to me.
I Googled the question 'Is 0.66 greater than 0.6' and it comes up with yes on numerous sources which would mean that 0.6 is .006 as .066 is greater but your saying that 0.6 is equal to .600?
Not star co-ords, values for the biases.txt in Shadows, just trying to work out ranges and values.
Darkspire
RE: Anyone Any Good With Decimal Points?
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:40 am
by Icemania
LOL
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LOL
RE: Anyone Any Good With Decimal Points?
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:52 am
by Darkspire
ORIGINAL: Icemania
LOL
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LOL
And you can shut up as well [:D] I'm blonde,large and have problems when I have more numbers than fingers [:D]
Darkspire
RE: Anyone Any Good With Decimal Points?
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 9:03 am
by Oberst_Klink
ORIGINAL: Darkspire
Thanks. I can program in hex and can do math in it but decimal I never really used much, base 10 is a strange language to me.
I Googled the question 'Is 0.66 greater than 0.6' and it comes up with yes on numerous sources which would mean that 0.6 is .006 as .066 is greater but your saying that 0.6 is equal to .600?
Not star co-ords, values for the biases.txt in Shadows, just trying to work out ranges and values.
Darkspire
Maybe it was a High-School teachers union google result?
Look, in fractions 0.6 = 60/100 and 0.66 = 66/100; ergo the latter is higher.
Klink, Oberst
RE: Anyone Any Good With Decimal Points?
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:30 am
by Canute0
I Googled the question 'Is 0.66 greater than 0.6' and it comes up with yes on numerous sources which would mean that 0.6 is .006 as .066 is greater but your saying that 0.6 is equal to .600?
Maybe this can help you to understand it.
You allways say "Is 0.66 greater than 0.6" but you just think at numbers, maybe you should think at things or use a different scale.
Try to say is 0.66 Kg is greater then 0.6 Kg, so if you remember Kg means Kilo gramm, Kilo means 1000. So 0.66 Kg = 660 g and 0.6 Kg are 600 g.
RE: Anyone Any Good With Decimal Points?
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:05 am
by Icemania
ORIGINAL: Darkspire
I can program in hex and can do math in it but decimal I never really used much, base 10 is a strange language to me.
Guys, if you want to help Darkspire, show some mercy and respond in Hex ...
RE: Anyone Any Good With Decimal Points?
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 12:28 pm
by BigWolfChris
http://www.mathsisfun.com/decimals.html - might help you out
In any decimal, post number 0's are often not shown (like pre number 0's for normal numbers)
0.36
0.360
0.36000
0.36000000
These are all the same decimal in the same way as
4.0
04.0
0004.0
000004.0
Are all the same number
RE: Anyone Any Good With Decimal Points?
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:53 pm
by Darkspire
Thanks folks. I think I may at last understand the principles [:)]
ORIGINAL: Icemania
ORIGINAL: Darkspire
I can program in hex and can do math in it but decimal I never really used much, base 10 is a strange language to me.
Guys, if you want to help Darkspire, show some mercy and respond in Hex ...
I am never going to live this one down am I? [:D]
Darkspire
RE: Anyone Any Good With Decimal Points?
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 7:06 am
by Icemania
If somebody had just said "0.FF is greater than 0.F and 0.F is equal to .F" ... then there would have been no confusion!
RE: Anyone Any Good With Decimal Points?
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 10:45 am
by BigWolfChris
But we were waiting for you to say it [;)]