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How many decimal places would you report the following number in considering significant digits?
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The least number of significant figures in any number of the problem determines the number of significant figures in the answer.
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What digits are considered significant in a measurement?
Non-zero digits are always significant. Thus, 569 has three significant digits, and 69.35 has four significant digits. Zeros are sometimes significant and sometimes aren't: # Zeroes placed before other digits are not significant; 0.0968 has three significant digits. # Zeroes placed between other digits are always significant; 70063 kg has five significant digits. # Zeroes placed after other digits but behind a decimal point are significant; 7.90 has three significant digits. # Zeroes at the end of a number are significant only if they are behind a decimal point as in (c). Otherwise, it is impossible to tell if they are significant. For example, in the number 8200, it is not clear if the zeroes are significant or not. The number of significant digits in 8200 is at least two, but could be three or four. To avoid uncertainty, use scientific notation to place significant zeroes behind a decimal point: 8.200 * 103 has four significant digits 8.20 * 103 has three significant digits 8.2 * 103 has two significant digits
How many significant digits does 1000.0 have?
Five - any zeros after the decimal are significant unless they're placeholders. Any zeros between significant digits are significant.
How many significant digits are in this 15.50?
There are four significant figures in 15.50. All nonzero digits are significant, and the trailing zero is significant because it comes after a decimal point.
How many significant are in 14500?
There are 5 significant digits in number 14500. To count for a given number as to how many significant digits does it have, look for the first zero form left and decimal point. For ex sample 0045 has 2 significant digits 0.0045 has 2 significant digits 0.4500 has 4 significant digits.
When are zeros considered significant digits?
When they are between two non-zero digits or if there are after the decimal point. For example, the 0 is not significant in 1340 but it is significant in 1304 or 1340.0
How many significant digits are there in the following number?
How many significant digits does the following operation have?(40,200.0 * 0.000240) - 2.778
Zero are always considered significant digits when they are to the left of the decimal point?
No. 0.0000123 has three significant digits.
What digits are considered significant in a measurement?
Non-zero digits are always significant. Thus, 569 has three significant digits, and 69.35 has four significant digits. Zeros are sometimes significant and sometimes aren't: # Zeroes placed before other digits are not significant; 0.0968 has three significant digits. # Zeroes placed between other digits are always significant; 70063 kg has five significant digits. # Zeroes placed after other digits but behind a decimal point are significant; 7.90 has three significant digits. # Zeroes at the end of a number are significant only if they are behind a decimal point as in (c). Otherwise, it is impossible to tell if they are significant. For example, in the number 8200, it is not clear if the zeroes are significant or not. The number of significant digits in 8200 is at least two, but could be three or four. To avoid uncertainty, use scientific notation to place significant zeroes behind a decimal point: 8.200 * 103 has four significant digits 8.20 * 103 has three significant digits 8.2 * 103 has two significant digits
How many significant digits does 1000.0 have?
Five - any zeros after the decimal are significant unless they're placeholders. Any zeros between significant digits are significant.
How many significant digits are in this 15.50?
There are four significant figures in 15.50. All nonzero digits are significant, and the trailing zero is significant because it comes after a decimal point.
When is a number significant or not significant?
Any non-zero digit is significant. Example: 352.12 has 5 significant digits. A zero is significant if it appears between non-zero digits. Example: 504.2 has 4 significant digits. A zero is also significant when it appears after the decimal point, AFTER other digits. In this case, it was only added to indicate a significant digit. Example: 5.30 has 3 significant digits. A zero after other numbers may or may not be significant. Use scientific notation to unambiguously indicate the number of significant digits. Example: 4500 has 2 significant digits. It may have 3 or 4 significant digits, but to be safe, assume 2 significant digits. A zero is NOT significant if it comes after the decimal point, BEFORE any other digits. In this case, it is only used to put the digits in their proper place. Example: 0.0024 has 2 significant digits.
How many significant digits are in 91010?
Four. Without a decimal, the trailing zero is not significant.
How many significant digits in 102200?
Four. The trailing zeroes are not significant because there is no decimal.
How many significant digits does 0.00100 have?
three, leading zeros are not significant and trailing zeros are significant if there is a decimal. trailing zeros are not significant if there is no decimal zeros in the middle of numbers are significant
Which numbers are significant 0.20?
The two digits after the decimal point.
What is the number of significant digits in 270?
With no decimal point, it is 2.
How many significant are in 14500?
There are 5 significant digits in number 14500. To count for a given number as to how many significant digits does it have, look for the first zero form left and decimal point. For ex sample 0045 has 2 significant digits 0.0045 has 2 significant digits 0.4500 has 4 significant digits.
