...& ESSER CO.. NEW YORK With fractions, if a rule be desired, the following is simple: Count off the zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the number in the following way (counting the decimal point as one zero) : Right, either, left, right,...

...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....

...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...

...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...

...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...

...If the number is less than 1, the characteristic of the logarithm is negative and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. Table II. Reciprocals. — If the reciprocal of 4.68 is desired, locate the line which...

...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 does not seem that the presence of integers in the addends either separately of in combination...

...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...

...log N is n — 1. If the number N is less than 1 the characteristic is negative and one greater than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure in N. From the preceding paragraphs we see that the mantissa of log N is log N' where N' is the number...