...Optionally, the length and number of decimal places of the field may be specified. If the length is less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal place, one of two things happens. If the number is less than 10 billion or the specified size is less...

...decimal point, we note that the characteristic is 0. Since the characteristic is positive, it is one less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point. Here, there is one digit to the left of the decimal point. Thus, the number is 6.163, and x...

...characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than I is positive, and its numerical value is I less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point. (vii) The characteristic of a number between 0 and 1 is negalive, and its numerical value is...

...the right of the decimal place to keep after rounding is performed. When the precision of a number is less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal place, use a negative number. Thus, this query rounds to the hundreds place: — Round to hundreds...

...then obviously it will be - 1. The following table will illustrate: Number Characteristic 37 1 One less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point. One more than the number of zeros on the right immediately after the decimal point. 4623 3 531.2...

...position of the decimal point. For number greater than one, the characteristic is positive and one less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point. For numbers smaller than one (decimal fraction), it is negative and one more than the number...

...rule which MUST BE MEMORIZED: Any number greater than one has a logarithm whose characteristic is one less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point. c. The consideration of logarithms of numbers less than one will be deferred until later. d....