# C Program to Multiply two Floating Point Numbers?

Float is a shortened term for "floating-point." By definition, it's a fundamental data type built into the compiler that's used to define numeric values with floating decimal points. A floating-point type variable is a variable that can hold a real number, such as 4320.0, -3.33, or 0.01226. The floating part of the name floating point refers to the fact that the decimal point can “float”; that is, it can support a variable number of digits before and after the decimal point.

## floating point

Category
Type
Minimum Size
Typical Size
floating point
float
4 bytes
4 bytes

double
8 bytes
8 bytes

long double
8 bytes
8, 12, or 16 bytes

## Floating-point range

Size
Range
Precision
4 bytes
±1.18 x 10-38 to ±3.4 x 1038
6-9 significant digits, typically 7
8 bytes
±2.23 x 10-308 to ±1.80 x 10308
15-18 significant digits, typically 16
80-bits (typically uses 12 or 16 bytes)
±3.36 x 10-4932 to ±1.18 x 104932
18-21 significant digits
16 bytes
±3.36 x 10-4932 to ±1.18 x 104932
33-36 significant digits

## Sample

Input: a=11.23 b=6.7

Output: 75.241

Explanation: Use of Float variables. In this program, the user has two numbers (floating point numbers)means float variables. Then, the product of those two numbers is stored in a variable and displayed on the screen.

## Example

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
float a, b, c;
a=11.23; b=6.7;
c = (float)(a*b);
// Displaying result up to 3 decimal places.
printf("%3f", c);
return 0;
}

## Output

75.241
Published on 09-Aug-2019 16:13:33