Significant Figures Made Easy!

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Don't be confused by Significant Figures! It will JUST MAKE SENSE with this video! An introduction to significant figures. Discusses how to round for multiplication and division using significant digits.

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Yeah I hear you. I used to hate Significant Figures so much. Then I spent some time figuring out actually why they're important. And I made this video, which you might want to check out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHLYpJ-PYrqonJY. I'm not saying it will make you like Sig Figs a whole lot more, but at least you'll understand why they're important. And also the video's decently entertaining.

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it's always the lowest number. so there's 3 sig figs in 231, and 2 sig figs in 24, right? so you'll round your answer to 2 sig figs. when i divide 231 by 24, i get 9.625, so i'll round that to 2 sig figs, and it will be 9.6 make sense?

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[@tdewitt451]

@bennemann you're exactly right! the whole POINT of significant figures is to DECREASE the precision of your result, because it was too precise to begin. if both numbers you multiply together have two digits of precision, your final answer can't have more than two digits of precision.

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Like he said, learn the basics and with a bit of practice this is second nature.

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This was really helpful man, I was stuck into my Chem Honors class 3 weeks in and I was completely lost on this. So thanks!! :)

[@tdewitt451]

i'm glad it was helpful! i certainly do have a second part. it's called significant figures made easy (1.2). i also have tons of other videos on significant figures: you can find them all by searching my youtube channel, tdewitt451

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Yes but what if you are multiplying or dividing numbers with a different amounts of significant figures

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i do the same number of digits first because it's easier. if you have questions about multiple digits, watch the next video, significant figures 1.2

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what if the two numbers u are dividing do not have the same number of significant figures? ex. 678/23?

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you keep two than i think

[@tdewitt451]

You keep watching the video, and go onto Significant Figures 1.2!

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You use the number with least significant figures.

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here are two videos that might be helpful for this: watch "why are significant figures important?" and then "significant figures with measurements and counting numbers."

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[@tdewitt451]

@flashing511 here are a few things that may help. 1,600 has only two significant figures (watch my "significant figures and zero" video for more info on that). but remember that i'm from the US, where 1,600 means one thousand six hundred. in much of the rest of the world, 1,600 means something a little less than 2: one and six tenths. in the US, we'd write that number as 1.600, and 1.600 would have four significant figures. does that make sense?

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[@tdewitt451]

@swiitiichiil do you mean that 1.50 is what your calculator gives you, or 1.50 is what you want to round to? if it's the calculator, it might have to do with what kind you're using; i'm using a TI-83, which spits out many numbers after the decimal. if, on the other hand, 1.50 is the number you want as your final answer, that's not right, because the zero at the end counts as a significant figure (watch my video on zeros), and you can't have three significant figures in the final answer.

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What if I have a multiplication or division of numbers with different amounts of significant figures like 324x23 How many significant figures do I keep on my answer?

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Jenn M. The least number of significant number is what you consider. So, in this case you take the 23 which is 2 sig figs

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As soon as an instructor says the words "if you're smart..." I immediately discredit everything they say before and after that statement. There is no need to be pompous just because you know a little something that others don't. Most especially when those "non-smart people" are looking to you for help.

[@tdewitt451]

I'm sorry that felt offended by that comment. I said that without thinking, and I understand why it could be frustrating, and I wouldn't say anything like that again. However, I *deeply* and powerfully resent that you accused me of being pompous. I have spent literally thousands of hours of making videos-for free-to help people with school. Shame on me for making a careless comment. Shame on you for attacking me when I'm spending my life trying to help others.

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[@tdewitt451]

i understand your question, but 1,600 only has two significant figures, so you don't have to worry. zeroes at the end of a number without any decimal places (like the two zeros in 1,600) don't count as significant figures. you correctly said that the answer could be reported as 1.6 x 10^3, and that's just a different way of writing 1,600. you should watch my video about zeros if you're confused about which zeroes are significant and which aren't.

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[@gorge123A]

Some of these information is wrong. 5 is a tricky number when it comes to rounding. For example, if the preceding number is even then you would have to round down. However, if the preceding number is odd then you have to round up.

[@tdewitt451]

There's a lot of confusion about this. That rule with the even/odd rounding thing was designed for accounting, for rounding amounts of money. It's actually called the "Banker's Rule." But we're not doing accounting or money management here, so those rules are actually incorrect to use with science. Some teachers tell students to do the even/odd rounding thing, but they're teaching it wrong. The Banker's Rule should only be applied to accounting and money calculations, not to scientific measurements.

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