use of significant figures

Significant Figures - The reliability of a measurement is indicated by the number of digits used to represent it. To express it more accurately we express it with digits that are known with certainty. These are called as Significant figures. They co..

The reliability of a measurement is indicated by the number of digits used to represent it. To express it more accurately we express it with digits that are known with certainty. These are called as Significant figures. They contain all the certain digits plus on..

Definitions involving terms under significant figures, use of instants and error analysis..

Arithmetic Operations With Significant Figures - The accuracy of a result is taken to be equal to the least accurate among the numbers, when 2 or more numbers are used to add, subtract, multiply or divide. The number of significant figures in the re..

The accuracy of a result is taken to be equal to the least accurate among the numbers, when 2 or more numbers are used to add, subtract, multiply or divide. The number of significant figures in the result, is equal to the number of significant digits in..

Introduction - We use specific number of digits to denote an exact value of a number for required accuracy. The digits used for such a purpose are called significant figures. Suppose a measurement is recorded as 0.6204 cm. It means that the measurement was ma..

Significant Figures and Measuring Instruments - Let us consider the following entries in a Students' Journal: (a) Weight of a calorimeter = 42 g (measuring instrument used is spring balance) The smallest reading the spring balance can record is 1g. There are 42 of 1 g ..

Introduction - Significant Figures - Measuring instruments have a limit upto which measurements can be made, called as the least count of the instrument. Errors are seen when measuring through various instruments. For e.g., accuracy of the temperature measured by thermometer dep..

Summary - We use specific number of digits to denote the value of a number to a certain degree of accuracy. For a number between 0 and 1, the successive zeros after the decimal are not significant. For a number with a decimal point, the final zeros are significant. For a whole n..