To figure out how many significant figures there are in a number you must first know the rules. All numbers 1-9 are counted towards the number of significant figures. The only number you need to worry about is 0.
-If there are 0's between digits (like 105), they are counted towards sig figs.
-If, to the right of a decimal point, the number ends in a 0, or multiple 0's (4.660), they all count towards sig figs.
-If, to the left of a decimal point, the number ends in 0 (4500), the 0 (or this case zeros) do not count towards sig figs.
-If there is a lone 0 to the left of a decimal point (0.112), the 0 does not count towards sig figs.
An example would be the number 0.4090
Automatically you know that the 4 and the 9 both count towards sig figs. Then you need to focus on the zero's. There is 1 lone 0 to the left of the decimal point, meaning that it does notcount towards sig figs. The 0 in between the 4 and the 9 counts towards sig figs because it is between 2 digits 1-9. The 0 on the end also counts because it is to the right of the decimal point. In all, this number has 4 significant figures.
The last four are significant.
The number 327 to one significant figure is 300. The digit 3 is the first and only significant figure, and numbers after this digit are considered not significant.
The number 46313 rounded to 1 significant figure is 50000. The significant digit is 5, so the number is rounded up to the nearest power of 10.
4.5 uses 2 significant figures.
Five significants in 59,000
37.753 rounded to one significant figure becomes 40
6276 as a significant figure would be 4 significant figures.
1000 is written with one significant figure, with only the 1 being a significant figure.
The significant figure 2.00 has to do with the certainty of a measurement.
It has 1 significant figure.
The first significant figure of 0.000169 is the 1 and it has 3 significant figures.
654 rounded to one significant figure becomes 700.
The significant figure of 78.00100 is 78.00. It had 7 significant figures and a least significant decimal of -5.
0.3 has one significant figure.
Rounded to 1 significant figure it is 0.4
4916 to 1 significant figure is 5000
1150 to 1 significant figure is 1000