Significant Figures (Sig Fig's) by Andrew Njaa https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh Made with panache en-us 2020-09-10 10:36:25 UTC 2025-09-30 14:26:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/745363204 how closely a measured value  agrees with a correct value. ]]> 2020-09-14 18:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/745363204 cpingre2021 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/746266651 How close you are to the correct, accepted answer.]]> 2020-09-15 01:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/746266651 cpingre2021 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/746272064 Repeatability, the closeness of two or more data points to eachother.]]> 2020-09-15 01:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/746272064 cpingre2021 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/746287089 Significant figures are digits which carry value to the measurement.]]> 2020-09-15 01:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/746287089 cpingre2021 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/746294693 It provides better accuracy for certain measurements. ]]> 2020-09-15 01:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/746294693 lmccallum2021 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748398803 Significant figures are a way to make values precise, in relation to the original measurements recorded.]]> 2020-09-15 15:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748398803 Precision is when measurements are close together repeatedly. lmccallum2021 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748422102 2020-09-15 15:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748422102 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748426374 how close you are to the answer considered to be "right"

]]> 2020-09-15 15:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748426374 Accuracy is how close you are to the correct value or measurement. lmccallum2021 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748429510 2020-09-15 15:55:28 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748429510 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748432044 precision is about repeatability, and how close you come to the same answer over and over 

]]> 2020-09-15 15:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748432044 Sig figs allow us make sure our answers are no more precise than the measurements we originally made. lmccallum2021 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748434387 2020-09-15 15:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748434387 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748438825 sig figs are a great tool for making sure pieces of data with different amount of values are percice ]]> 2020-09-15 15:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748438825 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748446902 it allows us all to have the same understanding while gathering measurements and making sure those measurements have the same amount of accuracy ]]> 2020-09-15 15:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/748446902 how generally close you are to the correct answer, measurement, etc sstaples2021 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/750157437 2020-09-16 01:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/750157437 reports repeatability meaning the closeness of results in independent test answers sstaples2021 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/750168456 2020-09-16 01:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/750168456 sig figs are an easy way to find get a precise value, they're non-zero digits, trapped zeros, or final zeros after the decimal place sstaples2021 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/750199469 2020-09-16 02:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/750199469 because sig figs deal with both accuracy and precision of numbers, making it easier to figure out the correct value of a measurement sstaples2021 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/750209015 2020-09-16 02:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/750209015 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/751771816 Significant Figures are a simple way of getting a precise number. ]]> 2020-09-16 14:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/751771816 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/751782876 Precision is when recorded measurements are close and repeat.]]> 2020-09-16 14:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/751782876 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/751791882 Sig Fig's give both accuracy and precision when recording measurements. ]]> 2020-09-16 14:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/751791882 When given a problem that has many sig figs in the answer, rounding to 3 sig fig's will be accurate enough for the problem. lmccallum2021 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/751988478 2020-09-16 15:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/751988478 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/753298688 Sig figs are the number of digits in a measurement that are actually measured (plus one estimated digit). They are used to keep values more accurate.]]> 2020-09-16 21:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/753298688 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/753309186 Precision is about how close the values of a set of measurements are to each other]]> 2020-09-16 21:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/753309186 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/753313905 Accuracy is how close a measurement is to the actual value.]]> 2020-09-16 21:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/753313905 https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/753327228 If different values in an equation are each rounded differently, the accuracy of your answer will likely be compromised if sig figs are not taken into account.]]> 2020-09-16 21:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/anjaa3/g7wnb8g3r9m8ivsh/wish/753327228