| Name__________________________ |
Section___________________________ |
Remember These Rules:
- Digits from 1-9 are always significant.
- Zeros between two other significant digits are always significant
- One or more additional zeros to the right of both the decimal
place and another significant digit are significant.
- Zeros used solely for spacing the decimal point (placeholders) are
not significant.
Identify the
number of significant digits show in each of the following examples.
| 1) 400
|
2) 200.0 |
3) 0.0001 |
4) 218 |
| 5) 320
|
6) 0.00530 |
7) 22 568 |
8) 4755.50 |
| Answers: 1) 1
2) 4 3) 1 4) 3
5) 2 6) 3 7) 5
8) 6
|
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