Question

Full steps ansure write down the number of order of significant figures in the following 0.003

Answer 1

Rules for number of Significant Figures:

• Any non-zero digit is significant.

• Zeroes in between two non-zero digits is considered significant.

• Leading zeros (place holders) used for spacing after decimals are not considered significant.

• Absence of a decimal point means that the trailing zeros are not significant.

Following these rules ; 0.003 has only 1 significant figure.

$\boxed{ \rm{0.00 \boxed{ \red{3}} \rightarrow \: 1 \: significant \: figure}}$