𝑓(𝑥)

PROGRAMMING IN JAVA
The Math library (and more on numbers)
 Primitive data types in Java
Data Type Size Description Examples of values
(1 byte = 8 bits)
byte 1 byte Whole numbers from -128 to 127 ‘A’, ‘b’, ‘1’ , ‘%’, ‘\n’
short 2 bytes Whole numbers from -32,768 to 32,767 -32,768, -10, 0, 1,
2,022, 32,767
int 4 bytes Whole numbers from -2,147,483,648 to -1,882,745, -10, 0, 1,
2,147,483,647 2,022, 32,768
long 8 bytes Whole numbers from - -1,882,745, -10, 0, 1,
9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 2,022, 2,147,483,648
9,223,372,036,854,775,807
float 4 bytes Fractional numbers of up to 6 to 7 decimal digits 3.14159
double 8 bytes Fractional numbers of up to 15 decimal digits 3.1415926535 8979

boolean 1 bit A boolean has one of two possible values: true, false

char 2 bytes Stores a single Unicode character/letter or ASCII ‘a’, ‘\u0061’

values
 Some
methods
in the
Math
library
Calling a library method
Type conversion:
Methods to convert Strings to numbers
Type
conversion:
Some explicit
and implicit
number type
conversions
Math.random: A practical example

Exercise
Write a program to generate a random whole number between 0
and N-1, with N being an integer obtained as an input argument
through the command line (i.e., the terminal window, or console).
Math.random: A practical example
Exercise 1 (5 points)

Exercise 2 (10 points)

Exercise 3 (10 points)

Exercise 4 (2 points)

Exercise 5 (3 points)

Exercise 6 (5 points)
Can we store irrational numbers on a computer? Why?
Exercise 7 (3 points)

Exercise 8 (7 points)
Exercise 9 (5 points)
Exercise 10 (1 point)

Exercise 11 (4 points)
Exercise 12 (5 points)

Write a program that takes two double values, 𝒙 and 𝒚, as input

arguments, and prints out the distance of (𝒙, 𝒚) to the origin of
coordinates.

Exercise 13 (5 points)
Can we store complex numbers on a computer?