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Guidelines Sig. Fig.

Guidelines for using significant figures

QuestionAnswer
Any digit that is not zero is = not significant/significant Significant
How many significant figures does 845 cm has? 3 significant figures
How many significant figures does 1.234 kg has? 4 significant figures
Zeros between nonzero digits are not significant or significant? Significant
How many significant figures does 606 m has? 3 significant figures
How many significant figures does 40,501 J has? 5 significant figures
Zeros to the left of the first nonzero digits are significant/not significant? Not significant
How many does significant figures does 0.08 L contain? 1 significant figure
How many significant figures does 0.0000349 g has? 3 significant figures
Numbers greater than one, all the zeros to the right of the decimal point are not significant/significant. Significant figure
How many significant figures does 2.0 mg has? 2 significant figures
How many significant figures does 40.062 mL has? 5 significant figures
How many significant figures does 3.040 dm has? 4 significant figures
A number than is less than 1, then the only zeros that are at the end of the number and the zeros are between nonzero digits are not significant/significant Significant
How many significant figures does 0.090 kg has? 2 significant figures
How many significant figures does 0.3005 J has? 4 significant figures
How many significant figures does 0.00420 min has? 3 significant figures
Numbers that do not contain decimal points, Trailing Zeros after the last nonzero digit ___ or ___ ___ be significant. May or may not be significant
Numbers that do not contain decimal points, Trailing Zeros after the last nonzero digit may or may not be significant. example 400 1 significant figure
How many significant figures does 40 has? 2
How many significant figures does 400 has? 3 or 1
What is another way to write out 400 as a significant figure? 4 x 10^2
Significant Figure - Addition & Subtraction - Significant figures to the right of the decimal point in the final sum or difference is determined by the ______ number of significant figures to the right of the decimal point in any of the original numbers Lowest
Significant Figure - Division & Subtraction -
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