What is the significant figure for 3028.0?

Answer 1

The significant figure could be the 3 as it is gives how big the number is.

If you want how many significant figures there are, then it could be:

* 4: in scientific notation the number is 3.0280 x 10^3 = 3.028 x 10^3 - removing the trailing zero (to leave 4 figures in the mantissa) has had no effect on the value of the number; or

* 5: normally trailing zeros after a decimal point are not written, so in writing point zero (.0) it is assumed to have some significance, eg the number was rounded to 1 decimal place or 5 significant figures.

Answer 2

Here are 5 significant digits.