2006-10-31 18:54:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
General rules for determining the number of significant figures in a number:
A) All non-zero numbers are significant.
B) All zeros between significant numbers are significant, for example the number1002 has 4 significant figures.
C) A zero after the decimal point is significant when bounded by significant figures to the left, for example the number 1002.0 has 5 significant figures.
D) Zeros to the left of a significant figure and not bounded to the left by another significant figure are not significant. For example the number 0.01 only has one significant figure.
E) Numbers ending with zero(s) written without a decimal place posses an inherent ambiguity. To remove the ambiguity write the number in scientific notation. For example the number 1600000 is ambiguous as to the number of significant figures it contains, the same number written 1.600 X 106 obviously has four significant figures.
All other numbers are insignificant
2006-10-31 21:17:05 · answer #1 · answered by Hakim Bin Luqman 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-20 00:00:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meaning Of Insignificant
2016-11-15 09:12:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The opposite of significant figures. For example, a calculation involves multiplying 0.11 and 0.22, resulting in 0.0242.
However, since measurements were all to the hundreth place (0.00), it is unreasonable to say that you reached the greater accuracy of the thousandth place of 0.0242 when the numbers you used to reach that were only accurate up to the hundreth.
The result is that you must round 0.0242 to 0.02 ("significant figures"), the remaining numbers 0.0042 are extra, or "insignificant".
2006-10-31 19:03:54 · answer #4 · answered by John H 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
insignifigant figures read a book called the book of nothing. it is all about the meaning of zero.l You will love it. you fool
2006-11-01 04:27:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
figures which are not significant
2006-10-31 19:01:03 · answer #6 · answered by TIMEPASS 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
effectively they r zero
2006-11-04 03:34:36 · answer #7 · answered by sunshine00 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My pay packet
2006-10-31 18:57:14 · answer #8 · answered by dan_the_yank 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it means that is not enough.
2006-10-31 18:55:58 · answer #9 · answered by bluepuddle 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋