# SIGNIFICANT FIGURES

```SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
RULE #1 - All digits 1 through 9 are significant
RULE #2 - Zero is significant when it is between two non-zero digits
RULE #3 - Trailing zeros that are not used to hold the zero are not significant
The quantities 279.0, 27.90 and 2.790 all contain 4 significant figures.Again,
the first three numbers are known with certainty and the final number is always taken
as significant. 279.00000000 2.79000000000 27.90000000000000000000
RULE #4 - A zero used to fix a decimal point is never significant.
The quantities 0.456, 0.0456 and 0.00456 all contain 3 significant figures. In this
case, you need to think in terms of exponential numbers. 0.0456 is 4.56 x 10-2 (only 3
significant figures) and 0.00456 is 4.56 x 10-3 (again, only three significant numbers).
Thus, 470,000 has only 2 significant figures. However, 470,000 with a line drawn
above the final zero or the presence of a decimal point indicate that the measurement
had six significant figures. 0.000000004 has only one significant figure; the
remaining zeros were used to fix the decimal point.
```
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