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R The First NON-ZERO Number Are SIGNIF: So: So

The document is a quick reference sheet on significant figures and scientific notation. It explains how to determine significant figures based on the presence or absence of a decimal point and provides examples of converting large and small numbers into scientific notation. The key points include counting from the Atlantic or Pacific side based on decimal point presence and the format for writing numbers in scientific notation.

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R The First NON-ZERO Number Are SIGNIF: So: So

The document is a quick reference sheet on significant figures and scientific notation. It explains how to determine significant figures based on the presence or absence of a decimal point and provides examples of converting large and small numbers into scientific notation. The key points include counting from the Atlantic or Pacific side based on decimal point presence and the format for writing numbers in scientific notation.

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3 2 Significant Figures
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0.00410 3 Sig Figs

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Scientific Notation Move the decimal point


Scientific notation helps us do two things:
1. Write really large or really small numbers more easily so that there is exactly
2. Eliminate non-significant, place holder zeros one non-zero digit in
front of the decimal
m T I V E expo
n u bers result in a NEG A nen
t
R e a ll y s m a l l

0.000000451 4.51 x 10-7 The number of


spaces you shifted
the decimal point is
the value of the exponent

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