Significant Figures scietntific notation , Temp., percent

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What are significant figures?

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Significant figures are the digits in a number that contribute to its precision. This includes all non-zero digits, any zeros between significant digits, and trailing zeros in the decimal portion.

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How many significant figures does the number 100.3 have?

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4

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When adding or subtracting numbers, how do you determine the number of significant figures in the result?

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The result should be reported with the same number of decimal places as the measurement with the fewest decimal places.

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Solve and give your answer with the correct number of significant figures: 24.28 + 12.5

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36.8

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How many significant figures does the number 2016 m have?

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4

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What is the rule for multiplying or dividing significant figures?

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The result should have the same number of significant figures as the measurement with the fewest significant figures.

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What is the volume of a rectangular solid with dimensions 1.27 cm, 1.3 cm, and 2.5 cm, recorded with the correct significant figures?

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4.1 cm³.

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Convert 17 m to cm.

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1,700 cm

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What is scientific notation?

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Scientific notation is a way of expressing numbers as a product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of ten.

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Convert 0.00456 to scientific notation.

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4.56 x 10^-3