Question

How many significant numbers are in this? 1.00.. is this 3???

Answer 1

zeroes that follow after (right of) the decimal point are considered significant.

Answer 2

This was the trick i was talking about, when there is only 0's after a digit and nothing else the first digit is the significant one.

Answer 3

u sure?

Answer 4

oh it's just 1?

Answer 5

okay i get it now! Thank you :)

Answer 6

Thats not a very good question lol....

Answer 7

Kinda tricky

Answer 8

Lol yeah. Tricky...

Answer 9

I have a whole bunch of these. It's for my chemistry hw

Answer 10

Because it could be numerous things but its mostly how your teachers taught you... but if your teachers are wrong... thats a disaster..

Answer 11

yeah and one moe please

Answer 12

ok

Answer 13

1.020

Answer 14

is it 3?

Answer 15

or 4?

Answer 16

acually this would be 3 because the 0 before the 2 makes the 2 in the place that it is in. That makes the 0 significant

Answer 17

Okay.. I was thinking that too. Thank you so much!

Answer 18

I swear if i am wrong... I am so so so so sorry

Answer 19

You can work on your hw now, I won't bug you :)

Answer 20

and it's fine

Answer 21

but i think i got it right

Answer 22

:) Thank you

Answer 23

Ok, lol ur welcome :) ttyl!

Answer 24

BYE :)