Significant Figure Rules

Multiple Choice

What are significant figures?

• They are the reliably known digits that a measurement contains.

• They are diagrams representing significant atoms and molecules.

• They are measurements which are important to everyday life.

• They are units of measurement in the International System of Units.

Multiple Choice

Select the measurement with the correct number of significant figures.

• 6 cm

• 6.770 cm

• 6.77 cm

• 6.775 cm

Multiple Choice

Select the measurement with the correct number of significant figures.

• 8.250

• 8.25

• 8.2

• 8

Math Response

How many significant figures does the following number have: 521

Type answer here

Correct Answer: 3

Deg^°

Rad

Multiple Choice

How many significant figures are there in 129?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

How many significant figures are there in 2044.04

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 7

Multiple Choice

How many significant figures are there in 55.0024

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 7

Multiple Choice

0.0097 has how many sig figs?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Multiple Choice

Determine the number of Significant Figures in 10.0 grams

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

Multiple Choice

Determine the number of Significant Figures in 10 Liters

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

Multiple Choice

How many sig figs are there?
100000000

• 1
• 9
• 10

Multiple Choice

How many sig figs are there?
4004

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

How many significant figures does the following number have: 1740200

• 2
• 1
• 3
• 5

Math Response

How many significant figures does the following number have: 1740200

Type answer here

Correct Answer: 5

Deg^°

Rad

Multiple Choice

How many sig figs are in 1010?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following have NO zeros which are significant?

• 100

• 100.

• 10.00

• 0.100

Multiple Choice

Which has 4 significant figures?

• 0.0004

• 0.0040

• 0.0400

• 0.4000

• 4.0000

Multiple Choice

How many significant figures does the following number have: 100.00210

• 7
• 5
• 10
• 8

Multiple Choice

How many significant figures are there in 0.002400

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 7

Multiple Select

This number has 5 significant figures

• 10000

• 0.00025

• 20200

• 0.021000

Multiple Choice

What is precision in the context of scientific measurement?

• The consistency of a set of measurements and the extent to which they are clustered together.

• The extent to which a set of measurements aligns itself with the established true value.

• A change in the direction of the rotational axis for a given case of rotational motion.

• The number of reliably known digits in a given measurement.

Multiple Choice

Which set of measurements demonstrates accuracy and precision if the true value is equal to 25.0 cm?

• 19.9 cm

  20.0 cm

  20.0 cm

  20.1 cm

  20.2 cm

• 24.8 cm

  24.9 cm

  25.0 cm

  25.0 cm

  25.1 cm

• 17.2 cm

  18.9 cm

  19.8 cm

  20.0 cm

  22.0 cm

• 23.5 cm

  24.9 cm

  25.0 cm

  26.3 cm

  26.5 cm