Question

Round the following number to the number of sig figs shown in parentheses:
700,000 (3)

Answer 1

To round 700,000 to three significant figures, the rounded number is 700,000.

Step-by-step explanation:

To round a number to a certain number of significant figures, we start by counting the significant figures in the original number. In this case, the original number is 700,000, which has one significant figure.

Since we need to round it to three significant figures, we look at the digit to the right of the third significant figure, which is zero. Since zero is less than 5, we do not round up.

Therefore, the rounded number is 700,000.