0.002537 =~ 0.00254 (3 sig. fig.)
0.002537 =~ 0.003 (3 decimal places)
Height, length, width.
12300000 or better still, 1.23*107
21,600 using only four significant figures is still 21,600.
There are 3 significant figures
273.821 contains 6 significant figures. Rounding that to Hundredths (5 sig. figures) it becomes 273.82 Rounding it to Tenths (4 sig. figures) it becomes 273.8 And Rounding it to the nearest whole number (3 sig. figures) it becomes 274 etc., etc.
A very tiny class of three dimensional figures can be described using only two items of information.
Height, length, width.
4.82 * 10^1 (this is using three significant figures)
12300000 or better still, 1.23*107
There are great advantages and disadvantages to using sales figures. Advantages to using sales figures is to help with projections of sale for future years. The disadvantages of using sales figures is the market is volatile.
145.992 using only four significant figures is 146.0
4 is a whole number and can never be a decimal.
25.488000000000003
21,600 using only four significant figures is still 21,600.
All geometric figures.
To one sig fig, 300 To two sig figs, 310 To three sig figs, 314
840 using four significant figures is 840.0