What is the significant features in a measurement?

Answer 1

Significant Features in a given measurement mean like specific digits from a number. The rules are: 1) Nonzero digits are always significant 2) All final zeroes after a decimal point are significant 3) Zeroes between two other significant digits are always significant 4) Zeroes used soley as placeholders are NOT significant 5) Zeroes between a decimal point and a nonzero digit are significant. 34900 would have 3 significant features. 0.0034900 would have 5. I hope that helps. I got the information from this website: http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/sciweb/phys8.htm There are tons more practice problems and info.