Practice Explicit Casting (Narrowing) - 3.2.2 | Chapter 7: Variables and Expressions | ICSE Class 12 Computer Science
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is the syntax to cast a double to an int?

💡 Hint: Remember to use parentheses for casting.

Question 2

Easy

Explain what happens when casting from float to int.

💡 Hint: Think about how rounding works.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is the term for converting from a larger to a smaller data type in Java?

  • Widening
  • Narrowing
  • Casting

💡 Hint: Think about how it affects the data size.

Question 2

True or False: Explicit casting will always preserve the decimal portion of a float.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Remember what truncation means.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

You have a variable double num = 150.75;. Write a Java snippet to safely define an int variable with this value while ensuring you document any potential issues.

💡 Hint: What happens to the decimal part?

Question 2

Given a float variable f with a value of 500.5, show what happens when you convert it to byte using explicit casting. Discuss the impact on the value.

💡 Hint: Consider how overflow works in data types.

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