Question 1
How many significant figures are there in 13.6009?
Question 2
Why are exact numbers considered to have infinite significant figures?
Question 3
When are trailing zeros significant?
Question 4
How many significant figures are in the measurement 0.0023?
Question 5
For addition and subtraction, how is the number of decimal places in the result determined?
Question 6
In the calculation 6.8 + 11.934, to what decimal place should the result be rounded?
Question 7
What is the primary reason all measurements have a degree of uncertainty?
Question 8
Which numbers in a measurement are considered non-significant under all conditions?
Question 9
Which rule states that zeros between two significant figures are significant?
Question 10
In multiplication and division, the result should be rounded to the same number of significant figures as which measurement?
Question 11
For the number 19.3400, how many significant figures are present?
Question 12
When rounding 6.38 × 2.0 to the appropriate number of significant figures, what is the correct result?
Question 13
Which digit in a measurement is usually considered an estimated digit?
Question 14
Why might '24,000' be considered ambiguous in terms of significant figures?
Question 15
What principle dictates that the precision of a calculation result is limited by the least precise measurement?