How would you round 0.0523 to one significant figure?
1 Answer
Mar 12, 2018
0.05
Explanation:
A significant figure begins at any number other than 0.
Therefore 0.0523 is at 3 significant figures. Remember that any number lower than 5 gets rounded down.
So 0.0523 becomes 0.052.
0.052 becomes 0.05
0.05 is now a number with 1 significant figure.