What is a float number 🙄

Answer 1

A type float variable is a real number. A real number can be a whole number or any fraction thereof.

But for purposes of this think of it as requiring a decimal.

Examples of type floats:

1.0
25.75
-23.5

In C a float can range from 1.2E-38 to 3.4E+38 in value.

You may also see double or long double which are much larger float types.

Answer 2

Float (floating-point number) is data type which is used to store numerical data which contains decimal places.

Float is a number that has a decimal place. 

A float has 7 decimal digits of precision and occupies 32 bits.

Examples of Float:
1.0
-12.6
3.14
These are float

>>> 1 is interger but 1.0 is float