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Practice Problems - Significant Figures

The document provides practice problems related to significant figures, including determining the number of significant figures in various terms and solving equations while maintaining the correct number of significant figures. It includes an answer key for each problem. Additionally, it mentions that the conversion of meters to millimeters has an infinite number of significant figures due to its exact nature.

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Practice Problems - Significant Figures

The document provides practice problems related to significant figures, including determining the number of significant figures in various terms and solving equations while maintaining the correct number of significant figures. It includes an answer key for each problem. Additionally, it mentions that the conversion of meters to millimeters has an infinite number of significant figures due to its exact nature.

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2/8/2021 Practice Problems: Significant Figures

Practice Problems: Significant Figures (Answer Key)

1. How many Significant figures in each term?

a. 34.6209 6

b. 0.003048 4

c. 5010.0 5

d. 4032.090 7

2. Solve the following equations using the correct number of significant figures.

a. 34.683 + 58.930 + 68.35112 161.964

b. 45001 - 56.355 - 78.44 44866

c. 0.003 + 3.5198 + 0.0118 3.535

d. 36.01 - 0.4 - 15 21

3. Solve the following equations using the correct number of significant figures.

a. 98.1 x 0.03 3

b. 57 x 7.368 4.2 x 102

c. 8.578 / 4.33821 1.977

d. 6.90 / 2.8952 2.38

4. How many significant figures in each term?

a. 1.40 x 103 3

b. 6.01 3

c. 02947.1 5

d. 583.02 5

5. A meter has 1000 millimeters in it. How many significant figures does this number have?
The conversion is exact. An infinite number of significant figures

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