Subtraction With Significant Figures

Subtraction with significant figures

Rules for Adding and Subtracting with Significant Figures

<ol class="X5LH0c"><li class="TrT0Xe">Find the place position of the last significant digit in the least certain number.</li><li class="TrT0Xe">Add and/or subtract the numbers in your calculation as you normally would.</li><li class="TrT0Xe">Round the answer to the place position of least significance that you found in step 1.</li></ol>

How do you do sig figs with subtraction and division?

You simply use it to track the number of sig figs. So after subtraction we have three sig figs. And

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