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What is 2/3 as a decimal rounded to 3 significant figures

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Answer:

0.667

Explanation:

2/3

Rounded to 3 significant figures

Rounding up to a significant figure means, you limit the number to have only 3 significant digit only, which means 0 would not be counted, because it is insignificant.

In rounding up numbers, number 1 to 4 is rounded up to 0, while numbers 5 to 9 are rounded up to 1. Starting exactly after the figure of concern.

2/3 equals 0.666666666666recurring

Rounded up to 3 significant figures, let's have four significant figures first

0.6666

The fourth significant figure is 6, rounding it up gives 1. Then 1 will be added to the third significant figure

0.667

User Pribina
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Answer:

0.667.

Explanation:

Dividing 2.000000 by 3:

3 ) 2.0000000 ( 0.6666 <--- quotient

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We stop at the fourth place of decimals.

User Loek Bergman
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