3.
Actually the answer is 5, for a number less than 1, all digits, including zeroes, count from the first non-zero digit.
You can always calculate the number of sig figs if you put the number into scientific notation. Trailing zeroes after the decimal point indicate a known level of precision that just happens to be zero in this case.
So in this case it would be 2.7090 x 10-2.
Five. The last 0 is significant since otherwise is should not be there.
There are five significant figures in 0.027090.
5 of them.
5 of them.
Five
0.0375 has three significant figures.
There are four significant figures in 0.005120.
There are three significant figures in 36.7.
67.30879 has six significant figures.
There are 4 significant figures in 9.000.
How many significant figures are in the measurement 210 cm?
How many significant figures are in 20.8
There are 3 significant figures in 94.2.
4 significant figures.
There are four significant figures in 0.1111.
20.2 has three significant figures.
0.0375 has three significant figures.
The significant figures in 0.000042500 are: 0.0000425. So, there are 8 significant figures.
The number 30.4 has THREE significant figures.
There are four significant figures in .007001
2370.0 has five significant figures. The zero at the end of the number is significant because it's a part of the measurement accuracy or precision.
6040 has 3 significant figures.