Calculation range and accuracy

Calculation range and accuracy of the RedCrab Calculator


Floating point

 

Accuracy

15 – 16  digits

 

Calculation range

from ±5 * 10-324  to ±1.7 * 10308

 

Hexadecimal

12 digits

     
  Floating point is due to a large range of values suitable for engineering and scientific calculations
     

Decimal

 
 

Accuracy:

28-29 significant digits

 

Calculation range

from -79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,335
to 79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,335

   

Is approximate (-7.9 * 1028 to 7.9 * 1028) / (100 to 1028)

 

Hexadecimal

16 digits

     
  Decimal is suitable due to the small rounding error for financial and monetary calculations