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PacificAtlantic Method6365846688GeneraltutoringeastcentraleduClick to advance slidesIn wordsRule 1 All nonzero digits are significantRule 2 Zeros in front of a number are notsignificantRule 3 Z. 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.. Easy as…. IDing. Sig Figs. Significant . Figures. . All the digits used to report a measurement including the uncertain . digit (your guess).. The only digits that are NOT considered significant are zeros that are present simply as placeholders. . 2.3. A. What are Significant Figures?. The number of all certain digits in a measurement plus one estimated digit.. Example. 2.0 cm. 1. 0. 2. 3. 4. cm. 2 Significant figures. Examples. 1. 0. 2. 3. 4. &. Scientific Notation. Significant Figures. Scientist use significant figures to determine how precise a measurement is. Significant digits in a measurement include all of the known digits plus one estimated digit. Golibjon. Berdiyorov. 2. Golibjon. Berdiyorov. , Room 148 Physics Building. Phone: . 860-3869/2283. e-mail: . golib@kfupm.edu.sa. www.cmt.ua.ac.be/golib/PHYS101. Syllabus and teaching strategy. References :. Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical. Engineering, 7 edition,. . . David. M. . Himmerblau. and James B. Riggs.. ปริมาณสัมพันธ์สำหรับงานอุตสาหกรรม เล่ม . When taking scientific measurements, the goals are to measure . accurately. and with . precision. .. Accuracy. . refers to how close a measured value is to the actual or real . value. Precision. . SC3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how the Law of Conservation of Matter is used to determine chemical composition in compounds and chemical reactions. . d. Use mathematics and computational thinking … using significant figures.. Cartoon courtesy of . Lab-initio.com. Uncertainty in Measurement. . A digit that must be . estimated. . is called . uncertain. . A. . measurement. . always has some degree of uncertainty.. Why Is there Uncertainty?. 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 . 1439/1440. Dr. Abdulaziz Alghamdi. http://fac.ksu.edu.sa/aalghamdia. aalghamdia@ksu.edu.sa. مكتب : . 2 أ 19. Reference. Topics Pages: . “. Raymond Chang. , . Chemistry, . 10. th. . edition. , 2010. 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 . Mrs. Charniauskaya. Metric System. Scientists all over the world use the same system of units so they can communicate information clearly . This system is called . Système. . Internationale. . d’Unités.