The rules for identifying significant figures when writing or interpreting numbers are as follows:
All non-zero digits are considered significant. For example, 91 has two significant figures (9 and 1), while 123.45 has five significant figures (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5).
Zeros appearing anywhere between two non-zero digits are significant. Example: 101.1203 has seven significant figures: 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0 and 3.
Leading zeros are not significant. For example, 0.00052 has two significant figures: 5 and 2.
Trailing zeros in a number containing a decimal point are significant. For example, 12.2300 has six significant figures: 1, 2, 2, 3, 0 and 0. The number 0.000122300 still has only six significant figures (the zeros before the 1 are not significant). In addition, 120.00 has five significant figures since it has three trailing zeros.
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3 significant figures.
5 significant figures.
6040 has 3 significant figures.
3 significant figures.
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4 significant figures.
There are 4 significant figures in 0.0032. Seems to be only 2 significant figures in this number.
There are 3 significant figures in 94.2.
To convert the number 0.004758 to three significant figures, we need to round it off appropriately. Identify the significant figures: The given number, 0.004758, has 5 significant figures. Determine the significant figures based on the three most significant digits: The three most significant digits in 0.004758 are 4, 7, and 5. Round the number: Look at the digit immediately after the third significant figure, which is 7. Since 7 is 5 or greater, we round up the third significant figure (5). Apply rounding: The number rounded to three significant figures is 0.00476. Therefore, 0.004758 rounded to three significant figures is **0.00476**.
There are four significant figures in 0.1111.
3 significant figures.
4487 has four significant figures.
There are four significant figures in 0.005120.
0.0375 has three significant figures.
101330 has 6 significant figures.
There are two significant figures in 0.025.