Question

0.005798 characteristic of logarithm number

Answer 1

The characteristic of 0.005798 is -3.

• Characteristic is the integral part of an algorithm.
• The number given is 0.005798, which is a fraction, and is less than 1.
• Hence its characteristic is negative and its value is numerically greater than one, immediately after the decimal point, than the number of zeroes
• Since the number of zeros right after the decimal point is 2, thus the characteristic value of 0.005798 is -3.