math significant

what is a significant figures?

• significant figures of a number are the digits in the number that are relatable and important to tell quantity of something .

• significant figures of a number are the digits in the number that are unrelatable and unimportant to tell quantity of something

all non zero digits are:

• counting numbers

• negative numbers

all zeros in between two non-zero digits are significant

which one for the following is the zeros significant

• 8800

• 4560

• 25740

• 2005

what are leading zeros?

• that are zeros before the first non-zero digit

• that are zeros after the first non-zero digit

all the following are leading zeros expect

• 0097

• 014

• 067

• 609

What are trailing zeros?

• are not significant when they are merely placeholders.in whole numbers without a decimal point,the trailing zeros are not significant.

• are significant when they are merely placeholders.In whole numbers with a decimal point,the trailing zeros are significant.

which one is a trailing zeros?

• 1200

• 0.001

Rounding to specific significant figures

round off these two to two significant figures

2.061 and 364

• 2.060 and 370

• 2.100 and 360

• 1.100 and 210