- Significant Figures, Significant Digits,
a selection of answers from the Dr. Math archives.
- Significant Digits
- What are significant digits?
- Significant Digits and Zero
- When are zeros significant and when are they not significant?
- Significant Figures
- Why does 62.3 * 5.7 = 360 and not 355?
- Rules for Significant Figures
and Decimal Places
- Accurate measurement: What are significant digits?
When do we use them? Why?
- Rounding to Specific Number
of Significant Figures
- How do I round to five significant figures?
- Significant Digits in
Measurement
- I understand that there are rules to determine the significant
digits in measurement, but aren't all digits significant, especially
zeros for place value?
- How Many Significant Digits?
- Why does 5030 have three significant digits and 5030. four?
- What is a Significant Digit?
- I came across a question asking for an answer with no more than
"2 significant digits" - can you please explain what a significant digit is?
- Calculations Involving
Significant Figures
- My physics class is having a fair amount of trouble with
significant digits.
- Rounding 389.512 to Three
Significant Digits
- On the one hand, 390 is the closest multiple of 10 to 389.512;
on the other hand, it is the closest whole number to 389.512.
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