This document provides instructions for homework assignment 12 due on December 21, 2015. It involves implementing high precision arithmetic functions for adding, subtracting, multiplying and scanning high precision numbers. As an example, it shows how to add and subtract the numbers 1.0947 and 0.00248 by aligning the decimal points and then performing the operations digit-by-digit, accounting for carries and borrows. Multiplication is shown by multiplying the digits of each number individually and adding them with carries into the answer array.