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    1. The document discusses the rules for determining the number of significant digits in measurements used by scientists. 2. Significant digits include all non-zero digits and zeros between numbers. Zeros to the left of non-zero numbers or a decimal point are not significant. 3. Zeros to the right of a decimal point are significant as they indicate the precision of the measurement.

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    1. The document discusses the rules for determining the number of significant digits in measurements used by scientists. 2. Significant digits include all non-zero digits and zeros between numbers. Zeros to the left of non-zero numbers or a decimal point are not significant. 3. Zeros to the right of a decimal point are significant as they indicate the precision of the measurement.

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    1. The document discusses the rules for determining the number of significant digits in measurements used by scientists. 2. Significant digits include all non-zero digits and zeros between numbers. Zeros to the left of non-zero numbers or a decimal point are not significant. 3. Zeros to the right of a decimal point are significant as they indicate the precision of the measurement.

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    Significant Figures Worksheet - 1

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    1. The document discusses the rules for determining the number of significant digits in measurements used by scientists. 2. Significant digits include all non-zero digits and zeros between numbers. Zeros to the left of non-zero numbers or a decimal point are not significant. 3. Zeros to the right of a decimal point are significant as they indicate the precision of the measurement.

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    Vishvam 

    Gurukulam
    Worksheet on Significant Digits
    In an attempt to get away from the mathematical burden of uncertainties, scientists have gone to the use
    of established rules for significant digits that have greatly simplified calculations. These rules are:

    1. Significant numbers are always measurements and thus should always be accompanied by the
    measurement's unit. For simplicity, units are not included in the following examples.

    2. Any numbers (that are measurements) other than zero are significant. (Many times the zeros are also
    significant as you will see below.) Thus 123.45 contains five significant digits.

    3. Any zeros between numbers are significant, thus 1002.05 contains six significant digits.

    4. Unless told differently, all zeros to the left of an understood decimal point (a decimal that is not
    printed) but to the right of the last number are not significant. The number 921000 contains three
    significant digits.

    5. Any zeros to the left of a number but to the right of a decimal point are not significant.
    921000. has six significant digits.

    6. These zeros are present merely to indicate the presence of a decimal point (they are used as place
    holders), (these zeros are not part of the measurement). The number 0.00123 has three significant
    digits. The reason that these zeros are not significant is that the measurement 0.00123 grams is
    equal in magnitude to the measurement 1.23 milligrams. 1.23 has three significant digits, thus
    0.0123 must also have three significant digits.

    7. Any zeros to the right of a number and the right of a decimal point are significant. The value 0.012300
    and 25.000 both contain five significant digits. The reason for this is that significant figures indicate to
    what place a measurement is made. Thus the measurement 25.0 grams tells us that the
    measurement was made to the tenths place. (The accuracy of the scale is to the tenths place.)

    Give the number of significant digits in each of the following measurements:

    1. 1278.50 __________ 7. 8.002 __________ 13. 43.050 __________

    2. 120000 __________ 8. 823.012 __________ 14. 0.147 __________

    3. 90027.00 __________ 9. 0.005789 __________ 15. 6271.91 __________

    4. 0.0053567 __________ 10. 2.60 __________ 16. 6 __________

    5. 670 __________ 11. 542000. __________ 17. 3.47 __________

    6. 0.00730 __________ 12. 2653008.0 __________ 18. 387465 __________

    Vishvam Gurukulam : Email vishvamgurukulam@gmail.com


    Yashwantsingh Chauhan : 91 - 8980044502
    Answer Key
    Give the number of significant digits in each of the following measurements:

    1. 1 278.50 6 7. 8.002 4 13. 43.050 5


    2. 120000 2 8. 823.012 6 14. 0.147 3
    3. 90027.00 7 9. 0.005789 4 15. 6271.91 6
    4. 0.0053567 5 10. 2.60 3 16. 6 1
    5. 670 2 11. 542000. 6 17. 3.47 3
    6. 0.00730 3 12. 2653008.0 8 18. 387465 6

    Vishvam Gurukulam : Email vishvamgurukulam@gmail.com


    Yashwantsingh Chauhan : 91 - 8980044502

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