2
Two. The zeros are just placeholders.
One
231.57 has five significant figures/numbers. All the numbers in 231.57 are significant.
It is 93000000
The figure 18.03 has a total of four significant numbers
93,000,000 mile = 49,1000,000,000 feet
Three. All nonzero numbers are significant, and any zeros in between significant numbers are significant.
Because 10.00400 is 10.004, this has five significant digits (numbers).
3 significant figures.
It has five significant figures.
7 significant figures.