 If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number.  Elementary Algebra - Page 375by George Albert Wentworth - 1906 - 421 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1898 - 424 pages
...the given number is less than 1, make the characteristic of its logarithm negative, and one more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. Thus, the characteristic of log 7849.27 is 3 ; the characteristic of log 0.037 is - 2,... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1898 - 424 pages
...characteristic of the logarithm. RULE 2. If the characteristic of the given logarithm is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of its antilogarithm one less than the number of units in the characteristic of the logarithm. N 10 11... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1898 - 424 pages
...characteristic of the logarithm. RULE 2. If the characteristic of the given logarithm is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of its antilogarithm one less than the number of units in the characteristic of the logarithm. 1. 70.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1898 - 424 pages
...characteristic of the logarithm. RULE 2. If the characteristic of the given logarithm is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of its antilogarithm one less than the number of units in the characteristic of the logarithm. Thus, the... | |
 | Daniel Alexander Murray - Plane trigonometry - 1899 - 350 pages
...decimal point ; when the number is less than 1, the characteristic is negative, and is one more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure. The first three figures of a number of four figures are found in the left-hand column marked N; the... | |
 | James Morford Taylor - Algebra - 1900 - 504 pages
...when the number is fe,s,4 than I. the characteristic is negative and arithmeticalli/ one greater than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure. Eg, 785 lies between 102 and 10» ; hence log 785 = 2 + a mantissa. Again 0.0078 lies between 10"»... | |
 | James Harrington Boyd - Algebra - 1901 - 812 pages
...following rule. 565. RULE II. — If the number is less than 1 the characteristic i» found by subtracting the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure from 9; writing — 10 after the mantissa. E. g. . the characteristic of logarithm .00679 = 7. decimal... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Plane trigonometry - 1902 - 286 pages
...number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logar r1thm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make the number of ßgures in... | |
 | Charles Hamilton Ashton, Walter Randall Marsh - Trigonometry - 1902 - 136 pages
...The characteristic of the logarithm of any number le»» than 1 is always negative, and depends upon the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant digit. From the table it may be seen that any number less than 1 and containing no zeros between the... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Logarithms - 1903 - 298 pages
...number one more than the number of units in the characteristic. If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and...first significant figure of the corresponding number one less than the number of units in the characteristic. Thus, the characteristic of log 7849.27 =... | |
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