2 Truths and a Lie

Which is the lie?

• 0.0022 has 4 sig figs

• 76220 has 4 sig figs

• 9.80 x 103 has 3 sig figs

Which is the lie?

• 0.0000076904 has 5 sig figs

• 0.0070003409 has 8 sig figs

• 0.008006340700 has 8 sig figs

Which is the lie?

• Numbers 0-10 are always significant

• 0.0040 has 2 sig figs

• 0.16001748 has 8 sig figs

Which is the lie?

• 350.0 has 4 sig figs

• 0.01000257 has 7 sig figs

• 1.0035 has 3 sig figs

Which is the lie?

• Significant figures were created by Gudni Th. Johannesson

• Binary numbers can be represented with sig figs

• Commas are not allowed when significant figures are checked

Which is the lie?

Baby I know my math and you have one significant figure.

• According to Gus’s sig fig calculator, 6.90024 has 12 x 2 / 4 sig figs

• Pi has an infinite number of significant figures

• One wednesday afternoon, Aug Dog was whipping up some flamin blueberry pancakes. He ate 11.6024 pancakes with cream of whip. Also, 5076398.220718835110 has 18 sig figs.

Which one is the lie?

• Husman once had to write multiple 8-9 page lab reports to explain why she could report one measurement to a certain number of sig figs

• Husman had sig figs show up in every college chem class she ever took

• Husmans age rounded to one sig fig is 20