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Rules for significant figures
August 11, 2022 - 10:34am — AJ (e67821)
Do I need to use all the numbers from my calculator?
If there are a lot of digits in a measurement, we can assume that ascientist has measured to a high level of accuracy. However, measuring perfectly is not possible.
We should not overstate how accurate we have been in making a measurement.
Significant figures helps us understand how certain we are about a result.
Read this
worksheet to learn how to interpret the accuracy of a calculated measurement.