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    1.2 Significant Figures and Rounding

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    More digits in a measurement indicate greater precision. Significant figures include all known digits plus one estimated digit. There are rules for determining significant figures: non-zero digits are always significant; zeros between non-zero digits are significant; leading zeros are not significant; trailing zeros in a whole number are not significant but trailing zeros in a decimal number are significant. Exercises are provided to practice applying these significant figure rules.

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    More digits in a measurement indicate greater precision. Significant figures include all known digits plus one estimated digit. There are rules for determining significant figures: non-zero digits are always significant; zeros between non-zero digits are significant; leading zeros are not significant; trailing zeros in a whole number are not significant but trailing zeros in a decimal number are significant. Exercises are provided to practice applying these significant figure rules.

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    More digits in a measurement indicate greater precision. Significant figures include all known digits plus one estimated digit. There are rules for determining significant figures: non-zero digits are always significant; zeros between non-zero digits are significant; leading zeros are not significant; trailing zeros in a whole number are not significant but trailing zeros in a decimal number are significant. Exercises are provided to practice applying these significant figure rules.

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    1.2 Significant Figures and Rounding

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    More digits in a measurement indicate greater precision. Significant figures include all known digits plus one estimated digit. There are rules for determining significant figures: non-zero digits are always significant; zeros between non-zero digits are significant; leading zeros are not significant; trailing zeros in a whole number are not significant but trailing zeros in a decimal number are significant. Exercises are provided to practice applying these significant figure rules.

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    2 Recording Measurements, Significant Digits and Rounding

    Why Significant Figures?

    Consider the following measurements:

    8 cm 8.0 cm 8.00 cm

    ===> More digits indicate a more precise measurement

    Significant figures/digits in a measurement include the known digits plus one final estimated
    digit(place)

    Vs
    Sig-Fig Rules!

    1. Any non-zero numbers ARE sig-figs

    2. Any zeros in between 2 non-zero


    numbers ARE sig-figs

    3. Any zeros before non-zeros ARE


    NOT sig-figs

    4a. Any zeros after non-zeros in a number


    without a decimal point ARE NOT sig-figs

    4b. Any zeros after non-zeros in a number


    with a decimal point ARE sig-figs

    Example:

    Do Exercise 1A

    Example

    dp = decimal place sf = significant figures Do Exercise 1B

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