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Today in MPS. Turn in HW Assignment (Scientific Notation) Significant Figures Notes “ Siggy Figgy ” Practice. Significant Figures. a .k.a – “ siggy figgies ” Rules: All non-zero digits are significant. Trailing zeros after the decimal are significant.

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  1. Today in MPS Turn in HW Assignment (Scientific Notation) Significant Figures Notes “SiggyFiggy” Practice

  2. Significant Figures • a.k.a – “siggyfiggies” • Rules: • All non-zero digits are significant. • Trailing zeros after the decimal are significant. • Zeros between two other significant digits are significant. • Leading zeros are never significant

  3. “siggyfiggies” How many significant digits are contained in each of the following numbers? Copy this assignment on a separate sheet of paper. Circle your answers. 1. 519 2. 0.19 3. 659.42 4. 2.0050 5. 0.04 6. 0.0498 7. 63500 8. 0.10082 9. 5000 10. 0.0000027

  4. “siggyfiggies” ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION The answer should be rounded off so as to contain the same number of decimal places as the least accurate value. Examples: 17.15 2 digits after the decimal -4.170 3 digits after the decimal 12.98 2 digits after the decimal 12.7 1 digit after the decimal 4.716 3 digits after the decimal +13.852 digits after the decimal 31.3 1 digit after the decimal

  5. “siggyfiggies” MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION The answer should be rounded off so as to contain the lowest number of significant digits, regardless of the decimal point.

  6. “siggyfiggies” Examples: 3.17 3 significant digits x 5.186 4 significant digits 16.4 3 significant digits 18.35 4 significant digits 0.717 3 significant digits   = 25.6 3 significant digits

  7. “siggyfiggies” Copy this assignment on a separate sheet of paper. Write your answer using the correct number of significant figures. Circle your answers. 11. 37.76 + 3.907 + 226.4 12. 319.15 – 32.614 13. 104.632 + 27.09452 + 3.6125 14. 3.156 x 4.103 15. 12.16 / 3.12 16. 1.35 x 2.79 x 4.06 17. (1.75)3 18. 2.176 x 2.74 19. 0.005763 / 0.0251 20. 127.0 x 0.000352 21. 1255 + 429.6 + 37.254 22. 37.0968 + 17.93724 23. 20.6 – 3.71 24. 0.00518 x 3.0

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