Significant Figures Part 1 and 2 Exit Ticket

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.

Select the measurement with the correct number of significant figures.

• 8.250

• 8.25

• 8.2

• 8

How many significant figures are in the following measurement?

2.51 m

• 1 significant figure

• 2 significant figures

• 3 significant figures

• 4 significant figures

• 5 significant figures

How many significant figures are in the following measurement?

0.008 s

• 4 significant figures

• 1 significant figure

• 3 significant figures

• 8 significant figures

How many significant figures are in the following measurement?

1052.8 km

• 5 significant figures

• 3 significant figures

• 10 significant figures

• 2 significant figures

• 4 significant figures

What is the following measurement rounded to 3 significant figures?

584.49 s

• 584.4 s

• 585 s

• 584.5 s

• 584 s

• 580 s

How many significant figures does the following number have: 521

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Volume?

• 63.5 mL

• 63 mL

• 63.55 mL

• 6 mL

What is the volume of liquid in this graduated cylinder?

• 43.0 mL
• 43 mL
• 43.05 mL
• 44.5 mL

How many significant figures are in the measurement 48032 m?

• 5
• 4
• 3
• 2