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5700 1 2 3 4 Multiply 8435 21103 178003805 1780 x 10 8 1780 x 10 7 17800000 Which of the following instruments would give you the most accurate measurement Round to 3 significant digits. Measurements are always approximate. They depend on the precision of the measuring instrument – that is the amount of information that the instrument can provide.. Look at the graduations on a beaker versus the graduations on a graduated cylinder. Which instrument will provide better information?. Learning Goals …. … convert numbers to scientific notation. … convert measurements using the metric system. … identify the number of significant digits in a . measurement . Scientific Notation. Bulletin Board & Program Idea. Submitted By: . Cameron Hovey, . Minnesota State University, Mankato. π. Happy Pi Day!!. Celebrated on March 14…. The symbol for pi (π) has been used regularly in its mathematical sense only for the past 250 years.. PI(. π. ). Andrea Gudelj, Odjel za matematiku. Osijek, lipanj, 2013.. A brief history about . PI. Egyptians. and the . Babylonians. . knew about the existence of the constant ratio . pi. Before the 15th . Physical Science. What is a significant figure?. There are 2 kinds of numbers:. Exact: the amount of money in your account. Known with certainty.. What is a significant figure?. Approximate: weight, height—anything MEASURED. No measurement is perfect.. KardKuro. Goals:. . Have Fun while Practicing Addition and Subtraction. .. Improve . Social . Learning Opportunities with Classmates.. Become familiar with the Sum Combinations . used in . Kakuro. . Using Significant Figures. S8CS3: . Students will have the computation and estimation skills necessary for analyzing data and following scientific explanations.. S8CS3d:.  Decide what degree of precision is adequate, and round off appropriately.. Scientific Measurements. SI Units. Significant Figures. SI Units. Measurement system universal to scientists.. Measurement standards (. base vs. derived. ). Base unit—. Quantity we can MEASURE. Derived unit--. RULES FOR SIGNIFICANT DIGITS. 1. Non-zero digits are ALWAYS significant.. . Example-. 123456789. 2. Zeros that are between other significant digits are ALWAYS significant.. . Example. - 3004 . 3. Final zeros that occur before or after the decimal are ALWAYS significant.. 4.72006 s. 0.0003 km. 400 mL. 320.0 mg. How many significant figures are there in each of the following measurements? . 4.72006 . s . (6 significant figures). 0.0003 . km . (1 significant figure). 400 . errors. Numerical math != Math. . (cont.) . . Loss of significance. In Previous Lectures. :. Absolute and relative errors.. You. . considered and ran the code . numderivative.cc. ; . observed two types of errors – . Introduction to Engineering Design. The U S Customary . System. System of measurement used in the United States . Similar to the British Imperial System of Measurement, but not identical. Common U S Customary. 1 All non-zero digits are always significant154 3 sig figs 2 Interior zeros zeros between nonzero numbers are3 Leading zeros zeros at the beginning of a number are NOT 0103 3 sig figs 0000002 1 In physics we will be taking measurements and using a lot of numbers for calculations. However, we have to be aware of significant figures (sig figs) because every measurement has a certain degree of .