Worksheet on Significant Figures

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Significant figures worksheet. Significant figures of a number in positional notation are digits in the number that are reliable and necessary to indicate the quantity of something.
1. Significant Figures Practice Worksheet W 316
How many significant figures do the following numbers have?
1) 956 _____
2) 2.1390 _____
3) 4390 _____
4) 0.500 _____
5) 500 _____
6) 5.9 x 104 _____
7) 0.40001 _____
8) 1.7 x 10-3 _____
9) 650. _____
10) 4.150 x 10-4 _____
11) 3670000 _____
12) 0.0000620 _____
13) 96 _____
14) 678.02400 _____
15) 30000 _____
16) 0.002 _____
17) 91630 _____
18) 0.000400 _____
19) 6.0 _____
20) 352 _____
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2. 1) 3
2) 5
3) 3
4) 3
5) 1
6) 2
7) 5
8) 2
9) 3
10) 4
11) 3
12) 3
13) 2
14) 8
15) 1
16) 1
17) 4
18) 3
19) 2
20) 3