To write 1042 L to two significant figures, you'll need to use scientific notation.
It can't be 1000 L, because that has only one significant figure, because trailing zeros with no decimal point are not significant. To write 1042 L to two significant figures, you need to write it as 1.0 × 10³ L.
Yes, 510 rounded off to 3 significant figures would be 510.
7: 0.00003050=.0000305 The two zeroes on each end can be taken off because taking them off will NOT change the value of the number. * * * * * Not so. None of the zeros before the 3 are significant - they are only place holders. Conversely, the zero after the 5 IS significant. Its presence indicates a precision that is ten times greater. So, the significant digits are 3050 - 4 of them.
151.208 to 2 significant figures is 150.
45.0 is the 44.981 to 3 significant figures.
Simply cut off the extra digits: 0.00858
1,040 to 3 s.f., or 1,040 (3 s.f.) or 1,040.
1,000 to 2 s.f., or 1,000 (2 s.f.) or 1,000.
111.009mm rounded to four significant digits is 111.0mm
111.009 rounded to four significant digits is 111.0
1042L rounded off to two significant digits is 1000L. The digit "1" in the hundreds place is the most significant digit, so the number is rounded down to 1000L.
14.587020 rounded to four significant digits is 14.59
31500
0.037
16.3
Three. All non-zero digits are significant, all zeroes between other digits, and all digits to the right of the decimal. The reason for this is that if this is rounded off, it apparently is rounded off to the nearest tenth, otherwise the tenth place would not be shown. if it were rounded off to the unit, it would read 39, not 39.0 ■
111.0
111.0