Course of Raku / Essentials

Numbers

Let us talk about numbers. We already used them a bit in the previous sections and exercises, but there’s still something to talk about. Of course, some aspects of using numbers in Raku are trivial and you don’t need any explanations or instructions. So, let us focus on what makes numbers special in Raku.

Explore the following topics to get the idea of the most important differences in how Raku treats numbers compared to other languages.

Topics in this section

• Integer numbers
• Rational numbers
• Floating-point numbers
• Operations with numbers

Practice

Complete the quizzes that cover the contents of this section.

• Quiz: Integer numbers
• Quiz: Unicode digits and numbers
• Quiz: Rational numbers in Raku

Exercises

This section contains 7 exercises. Examine all the topics of this section before doing the coding practice.

1. Apple sharing
2. Sum of numbers
3. Class desks
4. Number of tens
5. The value of π
6. The last digit
7. Sum of numbers from 1 to 100

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