How many significant figures are in the measurement 0.00450?

Answer 1

The measurement 0.00450 has three significant figures. In scientific notation, the number is written as 4.50 x 10^-3, which clearly shows the three significant figures. The zeros before the 4 are not significant, as they are just placeholders.

Answer 2

The significant figure (sig fig) of every number is the first number in it that isn't naught. The first number in 23.00 is 20. Each number after the first sig fig is also counted as a sig fig, not depending on weather or not it is a naught.

Answer 3

There are three significant figures in the measurement 0.00450. The non-zero digits and the zero between the non-zero digits are all considered significant.

Answer 4

4 - provided the two 0s after the decimal point are there to indicate a degree of precision.

Answer 5

there are 4 significant figure in 0.02340

Answer 6

4

Answer 7

3 of them.

Answer 8

3.

Answer 9

3