Topic summary
Significant digits
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Significant figures.
External links
- Significant Figures Video by Khan academy
- The Decimal Arithmetic FAQ – Is the decimal arithmetic ‘significance’ arithmetic?
- Advanced methods for handling uncertaintyArchived 2009-04-15 at the Wayback Machine and some explanations of the shortcomings of significance arithmetic and significant figures.
- Significant Figures Calculator – Displays a number with the desired number of significant digits.
- Measurements and Uncertainties versus Significant Digits or Significant FiguresArchived 2009-04-15 at the Wayback Machine – Proper methods for expressing uncertainty, including a detailed discussion of the problems with any notion of significant digits.