Question

How to write zero with 3 significant digits

Answer 1

can't

Answer 2

you cant, it can only have 1

Answer 3

there are rules significant figures

Answer 4

trailing zeroes do not count.
so,
0.00 has no significant figures
00.0 has no significant figures
000 has no significant figures

Answer 5

1.01 has three
1.00 has three
10.0 has three

Answer 6

http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/mmt/frontiers/web/chapter_5/6665.html

Answer 7

What if the answer is 0 in a question? Do I write the answer as 0 or 0.0 or 0.00? Its chemistry stuff

Answer 8

zero is zero there's nothing significant with just zero because it is not even a measurement -it does not exist

Answer 9

0.00000000000000000000000000000001 has one significant figure

Answer 10

Why do teachers mark it wrong if it does not follow with sig dig rule?

Answer 11

rule 1. all non zero numbers are significant
rule 2. all FINAL zero AFTER the decimal is significant
rule 3. all numbers between two significant figures are significant

Answer 12

0.5000 has 4 sig figs
000.50 has 2 sig figs

Answer 13

final zero after the decimal IF there are non-zero beforehand
0.00000000000000000000000000000 has no significant figure

Answer 14

0.01000000 has seven significant figures

Answer 15

^yes that's right

Answer 16

thanks guys

Answer 17

the important and practical use of significant figures is that they allow precision measurement, that is with consideration of uncertainty

Answer 18

the more significant figures, specially after the decimal point the more precise is the measurement … supposedly