Significant Figures and Scientific Notation

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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 0.998005 have?

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6

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What is scientific notation?

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Scientific notation is a way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form. It is written as a product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of 10.

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How do you convert 8.317 x 10^6 to standard form?

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8,317,000

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True or False: When writing a number in scientific notation, the first number must be greater than 1 but less than 10.

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True

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How many significant figures does the measurement 216 m have?

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3

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True or False: Scientific Notation is made up of two number parts, and the first part should be a number between 1 and 100.

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False

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What is the rule for counting significant figures in a number with leading zeros?

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Leading zeros are not counted as significant figures.

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What is the rule for counting significant figures in a number with trailing zeros?

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Trailing zeros in a decimal number are counted as significant figures.

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How do you express the number 0.00045 in scientific notation?

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4.5 x 10^-4