Question

Determine the number of significant figures in the measurement 0.007890 s.

Express your answer numerically as an integer.

Answer 1

The number of significant figures in the measurement is 4. Significant figures of a number are digits that carry meaning contributing to its measurement resolutions.These includes all digits (nonzero numbers), any zero between two non zero numbers is significant, a final zero or trailing zeros in the decimals are significant, all other zeros not mentioned are not significant.

Answer 2

There are 4 significant figures in 0.007890. These are 7890, which has non zeroes 7 8 9 and a trailing zero after the non zero. The leading zero or the zeroes before the non zero digit in a decimal is not considered to be significant numbers. Zeros can also be considered significant if they exist between non-zero numbers like 2018.