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.
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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