Significant Figures

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Significant Figures

Digits with known certainty and the first uncertain or estimated digit.

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Scientific Notation

If the measurement is in scientific notation, all given digits are significant.

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Standard Notation Rules


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Addition and Subtraction

Only concerned with the number of decimal places. The significant figures are controlled by the measurement with the fewest decimal places.

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Multiplication and Division

The answer must have the same number of significant figures as the measurement with the fewest significant figures.