What is significant number used for?

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What is significant number used for?

What is it used for?
Is it to show precision is measuring?
To assist in coversion of metric units?
Or is it just used to make rounding up numbers easy?
Thanks in advance

2006-08-30 11:53:25 · 2 answers · asked by pohon88 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

2 answers

It is used to not imply more precision than necessary.

2006-08-30 12:01:48 · answer #1 · answered by nighthawk8713 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Hi. To arrive at an approximate answer or to eliminate numbers that are meaningless. (He had 1/3 of a cup, so it was .33333333...")

2006-08-30 19:00:32 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋