Four of the zeros are significant... the two zeros after the digit 5 0 are simply 'place fillers'.
Four of the zeros are significant... the two zeros after the digit 5 0 are simply 'place fillers'.
5 (zeroes before the number don't count, zeroes after the number do)
3. Any number that is not a 0 is a significant number. Rules for Significant Figures: 1. Non-zero numbers are always significant. (example: 1-9) 2. Zeroes between non-zeroes are always significant. (ex: the zero in 908 is significant) 3. All final zeroes to the far right of the decimal place are significant. (ex: the zeroes in 34.0 and 7.0 is significant) 4. Zeroes that act as place holders are not significant. (ex: the zeroes in 600 are not significant) 5. Zeroes before a decimal act as place holders and are not significant. (ex. the zero in 0.12 is not significant)
Zeroes to the left of the decimal point are significant if there is a decimal point present. Zeroes between numbers are always significant. Zeroes to the right of the decimal point are always significant. Non-zero numbers except for the last are always significant. The last non-zero number is always insignificant.
The number 0.600 has three significant figures. All non-zero numbers are always significant. Leading zeroes are never significant, and trailing zeroes that follow a decimal point are always significant.
5 sig figs! Zeroes in between numbers count. And zeroes after the decimal place because they signify exactness. But if it is a whole number like: 900, the zeroes would not be counted as significant.
1. All non-zero digits are always significant. 2. Zeroes between other significant figures are significant. 3. Trailing zeroes without a decimal point are not significant. 4. Trailing zeroes after a decimal point are significant. 5. Leading zeroes that come before a non-zero number are not significant. 1. 2598 has four significant figures. 2. 25005 has five significant figures. 3. 160 has two significant figures. 4. 45.800 has five significant figures. 5. 00.00589 has three significant figures.
Non-zero digits are always significant. Thus, 569 has three significant digits, and 69.35 has four significant digits. Zeros are sometimes significant and sometimes aren't: # Zeroes placed before other digits are not significant; 0.0968 has three significant digits. # Zeroes placed between other digits are always significant; 70063 kg has five significant digits. # Zeroes placed after other digits but behind a decimal point are significant; 7.90 has three significant digits. # Zeroes at the end of a number are significant only if they are behind a decimal point as in (c). Otherwise, it is impossible to tell if they are significant. For example, in the number 8200, it is not clear if the zeroes are significant or not. The number of significant digits in 8200 is at least two, but could be three or four. To avoid uncertainty, use scientific notation to place significant zeroes behind a decimal point: 8.200 * 103 has four significant digits 8.20 * 103 has three significant digits 8.2 * 103 has two significant digits
all non zero digits are significant .2.zeroes betweenother significant.
Three significant figures. The two zeroes after the digit 5 are irrelevant.
All the digits in 32.002 are significant. If the number was 3.0000, the zeroes would not be significant as the number is the same without them. The same can be said for 00003, but not for 3000, as without the zeroes at the end, it would equal 3, which is not 3000.
There is one significant figure in the number .001. Leading zeroes, which only serve to indicate the position of the decimal, are never significant.