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"random(-100..100 except 0)"}, "significand": {"group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "name": "significand", "description": "", "definition": "random(1..10#0.001 except 10)*random(-1,1)"}}, "parts": [{"customMarkingAlgorithm": "student_significand (The significand as the student entered it):\n  parsenumber(studentanswer[0],\"en\")\n\nsignificand_size (If student's significand is written a*10^n, 1<=a<10, this is n):\n  floor(log(abs(student_significand)))\n\nwrong_significand_size (Take away marks if significand is not in range 1..10):\n  assert(significand_size=0,\n    multiply_credit(0.5,\"Your significand is not at least 1 and less than 10.\")\n  )\n\nstudent_exponent (The exponent as the student wrote it):\n  parsenumber(studentanswer[1],\"en\")\n\nadjusted_exponent (The exponent of the student's number, taking into account the size of their significand): \n  student_exponent + significand_size\n\nadjusted_significand (The student's significand, scaled into the 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