Significant Figures

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What are Significant Figures?

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Signficant Figures, or "sig figs" are the meaningful digits in a number that convey its precision.

They include all digits that are known with certainty, plus one estimated digit.

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How many significant figures are there in 1008 grams?

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4

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How many significant figures are there in 0.0054 grams?

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2

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How many significant figures are there in 0.020 meters?

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2

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How many significant figures: 0.001 g

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1

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What is 78.5 rounded to one significant figure?

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80

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Round 0.010229 to four significant figures

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0.01023

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Round 1047.78 to three significant figures.

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1050

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375.6523 to four significant figures.

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375.7

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Round 345 000 to 1 s.f

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300 000