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What is the rule you use to determine the number of significant figures in the results of addition and subtraction?
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The least number of significant figures in any number of the problem determines the number of significant figures in the answer.
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List some rules used to determine the number of significant figures and how they differ for addition and subtraction vs multiplication and division?
For multiplication/division, use the least number of significant figures (ie 6.24 * 2.0 = 12). For addition subtraction, use the least specific number (ie 28.24 - 2.1 = 26.1)
What is the number of significant figures in 546 km?
3 of them.
How do you determine how many significant figures to keep in an answer obtained by adding and subtracting?
The least number of significant figures in any number of the problem determines the number of significant figures in the answer.
Determine the number of significant figures in each measurement 12.90s?
4 of them.
Determine the number of significant figures in 1.056 ml?
1.056ml has four significant figures. A significant figure is any non-zero digit or any embedded or trailing zero. Leading zeros are not significant.
List some rules used to determine the number of significant figures and how they differ for addition and subtraction vs multiplication and division?
For multiplication/division, use the least number of significant figures (ie 6.24 * 2.0 = 12). For addition subtraction, use the least specific number (ie 28.24 - 2.1 = 26.1)
What are the values in determining the number of significant figures involving the four mathematical operations?
addition multiplication division subtraction
When finding significant figures for multiplication and division problems you go by the least number of?
multiplication/division: least number of significant figures addition/subtraction: least number of numbers to the right of decimal point
When you add or subtract what is the rule for determining the number of significant figures in the answer?
= significant figures = and got For addition and subtraction, the result should have as many decimal places as the measured number with the smallest number of decimal places.
How do you do significant figures when more than one operation is involved?
It depends on the operation - for multiplication, the ammount of significant figures is the same as the multiple that has the least. Same for division. For subtraction and addition, the significant figures are decided by the least ammount of spaces past the decimal in the answer. For example, 30.7+2.111111111 would be 30.8
Rules on addition and subtraction of significant figures?
When adding or subtracting significant figures(sig figs), the answer will be significant to the same number of decimal places as the number with the least number of decimal places used in the calculation. Example: 12.44+1.6+133.887=147.927 ==>147.9
Rules in determining significant figures in four fundamental operations?
The simple rule is: no more significant figures than the least accurate of the values in the computation. For multiplication and division, the result should have as many significant figures as the measured number with the smallest number of significant figures. For addition and subtraction, the result should have as many decimal places as the measured number with the smallest number of decimal places. (Rounding off can be tricky, but that would be another thread)
How many significant figures would the sum of 0.582and 324.6 have?
4, for addition and subtraction you add or subtract the numbers and round to the smallest digit of the number that is less specific. In this case the 6 in 324.6.
What is the number of significant figures in 546 km?
3 of them.
How do you determine how many significant figures to keep in an answer obtained by adding and subtracting?
The least number of significant figures in any number of the problem determines the number of significant figures in the answer.
Determine the number of significant figures of 2603000?
4 of them.
How many significant figures should be reported in the answer -2.006?
Three, so the answer would be 3.96. Always use the number with the smallest amount of significant figures to determine the amount of significant figures will be in the solution.
