Given 151.08
Calculate this to 3 significant digits
Calcualte significant decimal places
Significant Decimal Places = Significant digits - floor(log10(Number)) - 1
Significant Decimal Places = 3 floor(log10(151.08 )) - 1
Significant Decimal Places = -3
Significant Figures Rounding
Significant Figures = Round(Number,Significant Decimal Places)
Significant Figures = Round(151.08,-3)
151
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What is the Answer?
151
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Step 1: Find the 4th decimal place
Look at the decider digit, which is the next digit to the right (r + 1)
If decider digit is ≥ 5, round up
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Look at the decider digit, which is the next digit to the right (r + 1)
If decider digit is ≥ 5, round up
For more math formulas, check out our Formula Dossier
What 6 concepts are covered in the Significant Figures Calculator?
- decimal place
- the position of a digit to the right of a decimal point.
- digit
- Any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) used to construct a number
- number
- an arithmetical value, expressed by a word, symbol, or figure, representing a particular quantity and used in counting and making calculations and for showing order in a series or for identification. A quantity or amount.
- rounding to decimal places
- signficant
- truncate
- Approximation method of a number by dropping all decimal places after a certain number
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