Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is a brief introduction to the ideas of resolution in a measurement and how that relates to significant figures (digits) in a measurement. I used an example with a kitchen scale and a jeweler's scale as well as an example with height. At the end are some example values for practice determining the number significant figures in a value.
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This is a brief introduction to the ideas of resolution in a measurement and how that relates to significant figures (digits) in a measurement. I used an example with a kitchen scale and a jeweler's scale as well as an example with height. At the end are some example values for practice determining the number significant figures in a value.
Licence: CC-BY-NC-SA
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
