Semester One                                                   Name ______________________________

Mr. Mahlum

 

Significant Digits

What are the rules for determining in a number is significant or not?

 

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Go to the following websites to practice determining which numbers are significant.

http://science.widener.edu/svb/tutorial/sigfigures.html

http://www.fordhamprep.org/gcurran/sho/sho/lessons/lesson23.htm

 

What is the Dot Right If Not Left method of determining significance?

 

1568.6                                                                                     1564   

 

.0052365                                                                                 125064

 

156700                                                                                    26500

 

1050684.8                                                                               206540           

 

1564.8056                                                                               26540

 

325                                                                                          10054 

 

.0056800                                                                                 410

 

5600079.0                                                                               50

 

1560.460                                                                                 4560

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