1000.class # => Fixnum 10000000000.class # => Bignum (2**30 - 1).class # => Fixnum (2**30).class # => Bignum small = 1000 big = small ** 5 # => 1000000000000000 big.class # => Bignum smaller = big / big # => 1 smaller.class # => Fixnum 0.01.class # => Float 1.0.class # => Float 10000000000.00000000001.class # => Float