CHM 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Decimal Mark, Scientific Notation, Negative Number

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Sig figs stands for significant figures: rules: Zeros in front of the first nonzero number are not significant. For numbers greater than 1, all zeros after the decimal point are significant. For numbers less than 1, zeros in the middle or at the end of the number are significant: adding and subtracting. Answer cannot have more numbers to the right of the decimal point than one of the original numbers. Ex: 89. 332 + 1. 1 = 90. 432 = 90. 4: multiplication and division. Answer has the amount of sig figs as the number with the smallest number of sig figs. Conversions: use conversions to calculate something into a desired unit, conversions that you must know. 1 atmosphere (atm) = 760 mmhg = 760 torr. Accurate: measurements are close to the actual value.

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