...fraction; and so on. Hence, the characteristic of a decimal fraction is negative, and is numerically one more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure. There are two ways in common use for writing the characteristic of a decimal fraction. Thus, (1) log...

...characteristic on the right is minus four. Hence the characteristic is negative and 1 more numerically than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure. Similarly, in the number .00236 there are two zeros between the decimal point and the first significant...

...following rule is used -for determining the characteristic of the logarithm of a decimal fraction: Take the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure, subtract lt from 9, and annex - 10 after the mantissa. EXERCISE 111 Give the characteristic of 1. 452....

...125X55. 3. 18X5. 90. 8. 223X64. 4. 5X6. 30. 9. 175X235. 5. 7X4. 28. 10. 1575X45. SLIDE RULE 177 equal to the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure. EXERCISE 9 Solve the following problems paying attention to the location of the decimal point. 1. 18H-12....

...on the right of minus three. Hence, as before, the characteristic here is negative and numerically 1 more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure. This statement, which is true in all cases mentioned above, can be proved for the characteristic of...

...characteristic is negative, and the number representing the negative characteristic is one greater than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure. Example. — The characteristic of 0.000314 is (—4), which is written as 6 — 10, and the mantissa...

...point in the antilogarithm. Rule 4. — If the character is negative, the number is less than one, and the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure is one less than the number representing the negative characteristic. Example. — The antilogarithm...

...significant figures to the left of the decimal point, the characteristic is negative and numerically one more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure to the right. NUMBER .0001 .001 .01 .1 1 10 100 1000 10000 LOGARITHM -4 <j -2 - 1 0 1 2 3 4 Turning...

...that the characteristic of a decimal fraction is always negative, and it is numerically equal to one more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the decimal. The characteristic is minus this number. Thus log 0.862 has the characteristic — 1 ; log...

...sum, (2) the possible uneven right hand side of the addition example, and (3) the possible presence of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the addends. It docs not seem that the presence of integers in the addends either separately or in combination...