Significant Figures

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Science

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9th Grade

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Hard

Joseph Anderson

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8 Slides • 26 Questions

Open Ended

Write a joke to tell the class (APPROPRIATE)

- One random person will get chosen to share their joke

Type response here

Scientific Notation

1st Number between 1 and 9
2nd Number base 10 With an exponent

Larger numbers will always be positive
Numbers larger than 1

- Small numbers will always be negative exponents

Numbers smaller than 1

Multiple Choice

Which one of these is in scientific notation?

8.987000

8.98 x 10⁶

80.987 x 10

8.98⁶

Multiple Choice

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

50 x 10^-5

5 x 10^-4

5 x 10³

.5 x 10³

Multiple Choice

How would you write 4.3756 x 10⁴in standard form?

437,560,000

0.00043756

43,756

4,3756

Multiple Choice

How do you write

1001

in scientific notation?

1.0001 x 10⁴

1.01 x 10⁵

1.001 x 10³

10.1 x 10³

Multiple Choice

How do you write

8.317 x 10⁶

in standard form?

8, 371, 000

83, 170, 000

837, 100

8, 317, 000

Fill in the Blanks

Write the following number in standard form. Type your answer with no spaces and no commas.

$5.7\times10^{-1}$

Type answer...

Rule #1 - NOn Zero digits

ALL non-zero digits DO count!

Numbers 1-9 ALWAYS count as a significant figure

498

3 sig figs!

2 sig figs!

1 sig fig!

Multiple Choice

Identify the type of underlined zero.

10,957,010 mm

Leading

Trapped

Trailing

Multiple Choice

Identify the type of underlined zero.

0.0045040 mm

Leading

Trapped

Trailing

Fill in the Blanks

How many sig figs are found in the following value? 8,260 miles

Type answer...

Rule #2

Zeros to the right of decimal and a significant digit DO count.

498.00

4 sig figs!

5 sig figs!

3 sig figs!

79.0

2.000

Rule #3

Zeroes between significant figures DO count

409

5 sig figs!

3 sig figs!

4 sig figs!

7006

20004

Rule #4

Zeroes at the end of a whole number DO NOT count.

400

1 sig fig!

2 sig figs!

7500

Rule #5

Zeroes in front of a number as placeholders DO NOT count.

0.004

2 sig figs!

1 sig fig!

4 sig figs!

0.07500

0.20

Match

Match the following rule and its example

Non-zero

Leading Zero

Sandwich Zero

Trailing Zero

0.529

4013

900

Multiple Choice

Sig Fig Rule 1. Any non-zero digit ____ significant.

is not

Multiple Select

Which of the following numbers have two significant figures?

4900.

0.000210

0.023

Multiple Choice

Identify the type of underlined zero.

0.0050500 Liters

Leading

Trapped

Trailing

Fill in the Blanks

How many significant figures?

7945

Type answer...

Multiple Choice

Sig Fig Rule 2. Any zero between two non-zero numbers ____ significant.

is not

Fill in the Blanks

How many sig figs in this number 34601

Type answer...

Multiple Choice

Sig Fig Rule 3. Leading zeros _____ significant.

are

are not

Multiple Choice

How many sig figs are there?
0.000008

Fill in the Blanks

How many sig figs are in 0.200

Type answer...

Multiple Choice

How many significant figures?

0.150

Fill in the Blanks

How many sig figs are in 0.0022

Type answer...

Multiple Choice

Sig Fig Rule 4. Trailing zeros when a decimal is not present ____ significant.

are

are not

Multiple Choice

How many sig figs does 600 have?

Draw

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