Significant figures are arrived at by rounding off an expression after a calculation is executed. In any calculation, the number of significant figures in the solution must be equal to, or less than, the number of significant figures in the least precise expression or element. It refers to the number of important single digits (0 through 9 inclusive) in the coefficient of an expression in scientific notation . The number of significant figures in an expression indicates the confidence or precision with which an engineer or scientist states a quantity.
More Post
-
Annual Report 2011 of Confidence Cement Limited
-
Scientists Have Solved a Long-Standing Mystery About the Sun that Could Help Astronomers Predict Space Weather
-
Druva raises $147M at a valuation north of $2B as the cloud rush continues
-
Landscape Urbanism
-
Wage Differential
-
Annual Report 2005-2006 of Axis Bank
Latest Post
-
Calcium Azide – a chemical compound
-
A Study Reveals that Drinking Coffee while Pregnant is Safe for the Baby’s Brain Development
-
Travel may be the Most Effective Defense against Aging
-
Difference between Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy
-
Calcium Sorbate
-
Mercury Telluride – a binary chemical compound