Question

how many significant figures are there in 3020

Answer 1

3

Answer 2

why the last zero is not significant

Answer 3

in counting the no. of significant figures zeros at last are not considered significant because the do not increase the accuracy of the measurement instead they tend to increase the power of the number. the number can be written as 30.2 x (10^2)

Answer 4

there's 4

Answer 5

the last zero does count

Answer 6

the only time a zero doesn't get counted in sig figures is when it is before the whole number...such as 000000003020

Answer 7

would still be 4 sig figures

Answer 8

No, there's 3 as there isn't a period afterwards the zero so it doesn't count.

Answer 9

The number is ambiguous in the significant figure realm. If it had a decimal at the end, the answer would clearly be 4. In the strictest sense, the answer is 3 since leading and trailing zeros are not significant if they only serve as placeholders.

Answer 10

we can not tell how many significant figures since the number given is uncertain.

Answer 11

this doesn't make any sence because there is a missing decimal point at the end of the given number.