Identifying Significant Figures in a Number.

QOD

• Scientist use significant figures to help communicate the precision of their measurements
• How many significant figures are in 98.32

QOD

• There are 4 significant figures

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EXAMPLES OF SIGNIFICANT FIGURES

• 05086.2300
• There are 8 significant digits in this number
• The first 0 is not a significant digit because it is a leading zero

EXAMPLES OF SIGNIFICANT FIGURES

• 13 kittens
• There are an unlimited amount of significant digits in this number because counted items are unlimited

EXAMPLES OF SIGNIFICANT FIGURES

• 38.400
• There are 5 significant digits in this number because trailing zero's are significant if they are after a decimal

PROBLEMS

• How many significant figures are in 09408.0080

PROBLEMS

• The answer is 8 significant figures

PROBLEMS

• How many significant figures are in 08.067

PROBLEMS

• The answer is 4 significant figures

PROBLEMS

• How many significant figures are in 3 frogs

PROBLEMS

• The answer is an unlimited amount of significant figures