What is 3.582 rounded to 2 significant figures?

Answer 1

To round a number to 2 significant figures, you first need to look at the first two digits. In this case that is 3.5. The next step is to look at the third digit and assess if we need to round up. If the digit is 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 you round up. Otherwise you leave the figures as they are (round down). In this case the third digit is 8, and so we do need to round up. Thus 3.582 rounded to 2 significant figures is 3.6