TOPIC 1

SIGNIFICANT FIGURES AND

STANDARD FORM

LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of this lesson, students should be
able to:

Define the significant figures

Determine the significant figures

Identify the rounding off the significant figures

Calculate the whole number and determine the significant

figures.

Identify and evaluate the Standard Form

Perform the conversion of length and volume of liquid

Definition

Significant
Figure

Digits of a number that is

relevant to its precision.
EXAMPLE :
The number 13.2 is said to have
3 significant figures. The number
13.20 is said to have 4
significant figures.

Standard Form

Another name for "Scientific

Notation", where a number is
written in two parts:
First: just the digits (with the
decimal point placed after the
first digit),
Followed by: 10 to a power that
would put the decimal point back
where it should be.

Significant
Figures

Determination Of Significant
Figures

Non-Zero
Digits

Zero
occurring
between
non-zero
digits

In Decimal

Rounding Off Significant

Figures

Rules

Non-Zero Digits

All non-zero digits are significant:

312
: 3 significant figures
3149
: 4 significant figures
283.847
: 6 significant figures

Zero Occurring Between Non-Zero

Digits

Zeros occurring between non-zero digits are

significant:
6003: 4 significant figures
201 : 3 significant figures
98908 : 5 significant figures

In Decimal
In a decimal, zeros after the non-zero digits are
significant:

8.00 : 3 significant figures

99.0000 : 6 significant figures
10.00
: 4 significant figures

In a decimal, all zeros before a non-zero digit are not

significant:

0.009
: 1 significant figures
0.01 : 1 significant figures
0.10 : 2 significant figures

EXERCISES

Rounding Off Significant

Figures
Rules
CASE A:
In rounding off numbers, the last
figure kept should be unchanged
if the first figure dropped is less
than 5.
EXAMPLE :
If only one decimal is to be kept,
then 6.422 becomes 6.4.
CASE C:
In rounding off numbers, the last
figure kept should be increased by
1if the first figure dropped
isgreater than 5.
EXAMPLE :
If only two decimals are to be kept,
then 6.4872 becomes 6.49.
Similarly, 6.997 becomes 7.00.

CASE B:
In rounding off numbers, if the
first figure dropped is 5, and all
the figures following the five are
zero or if there are no figures
after the 5, then the last figure
kept should be increased by 1 if
that last figure is odd.
EXAMPLE :
For example, if only two
decimals are to be kept, then
6.755000 becomes 6.76.

Standard Form:
Converting single number
to Standard Form

Standard Form:
Converting numbers in
Standard Form to Single
Numbers

Conversion

THE END

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