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Science Skills - SigDigs - Rules for Zero

Use the rules for determining whether a 0 is a significant figure is significant.
Leading 0 (e.g. 0.02 ) -- not significant figure
Captive 0 (e.g. 201 ) -- significant figure
Trailing 0 (e.g. 10, 10., 0.10 )-- only significant if the number includes a decimal point.

Match a number with the correct number of significant zeros.
AB
0.0010 significant zeros
0.0201 significant zero
20032 significant zeros
50040.3 significant zeros
6200500104 significant zeros
80230.00305 significant zeros
100.0002036 significant zeros
1010101011.00017 significant zeros
9000300.001018 significant zeros
10000000.009 significant zeros


Fred Marin
Chemistry
Bellows Falls Union High School
Proctorsville, VT

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