| Henry Lewis Rietz, Arthur Robert Crathorne - Algebra - 1909 - 290 pages
...following rule : To find tJie characteristic of the common logarithm of a decimal fraction, subtract from 9 the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. From the number so obtained subtract 10. If two numbers contain the same sequence of figures, and therefore... | |
| Arthur Graham Hall, Fred Goodrich Frink - Plane trigonometry - 1909 - 272 pages
...number. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number less than unity is found by subtracting from 9 the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant digit, then affixing — 10. 25. Mantissa. We have seen that moving the decimal point in the number... | |
| Arthur Graham Hall, Fred Goodrich Frink - Logarithms - 1909 - 264 pages
...number. The characteristic of the. logarithm of any number less than unity is found by subtracting from 9 the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant diyit, then affixing — 10. 25. Mantissa. We have seen that moving the decimal point in the number... | |
| Stimson Joseph Brown, Paul Capron - Algebra - 1910 - 212 pages
...computations. The characteristic of the logarithm of a decimal fraction is found by subtracting from 9 the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure, and writing —10 after the mantissa. It is important to note that the negative logarithm is the logarithm... | |
| John William Hopkins, Patrick Healy Underwood - Algebra - 1912 - 362 pages
...and that the characteristic of a number less than unity is negative, and numerically one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. 203. Fundamental rules of logarithms. Let ax= n, ie x = logan, and ay = m,ie y = ]ogam. Hence, aI+v... | |
| Horace Wilmer Marsh - Mathematics - 1913 - 458 pages
...the decimal point. (2) Number less than 1. The number of integral figures in a decimal equals minus the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the decimal. Thus 113.92 has 3 integral figures, .7896 has 0 integral figures, .00845 has —2 integral... | |
| Robert Édouard Moritz - Trigonometry - 1913 - 562 pages
...II. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number less than i is a negative number one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the fraction. Thus, the fraction 0.00316228 has two ciphers between the decimal point and the first... | |
| Earle Raymond Hedrick - Logarithms - 1913 - 162 pages
...numbers less than 1. RULE II. The characteristic of a number less than 1 is found by subtracting from 9 the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant digit, and writing — 10 after the result. Thus, the characteristic of log 845 is 2 by Rule I ; the... | |
| Alfred Monroe Kenyon, Louis Ingold - Trigonometry - 1913 - 184 pages
...numbers less than 1. BULB II. The characteristic of a number less than 1 is found by subtracting from 9 the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant digit, and writing — 10 after the result. Thus, the characteristic of log 845 is 2 by Rule I ; the... | |
| Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) - 1915 - 562 pages
...of the top of the castle is 45°. Find the height of the castle. 10. Given that log 2 = -3010, find the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure in i 1000 .(I)' LOOIC. MR. ROOERS. I. Express each of the following in one of the four categorical... | |
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