Over the last week our class has been learning about signifcant digits, and how they work and why we use them in science. I have to admit at first the idea was foreign to me, and we spent a lot of time practicing them in class, but I still made mistakes every once in a while, and was getting frustrated. We have a test on Tuesday, and I was worried that I wasn't prepared enough so I looked up a website that might be able to explain them in a way the book was unable to. Luckily I found one that did just that. I found that the textbook only provided practice problems, they didn't ever provide a step by step example, but this website that I have linked below really helped me, and can help anyone who is struggling with the concept of significant digits.
www.physics.ca
I actually found significant digits to be a rather easy concept. This website was easy to understand and it did clear up the few questions I still had. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThe significant digits were difficult for me too! There seemed like a lot of different rules I had to remember all at once, but after reviewing, everything cleared up for me. The website you have linked here is really helpful in how to do calculations with significant digits.
ReplyDeleteThe website is a great resource, thanks for sharing it! For me, the sig figs rules definitely got confusing at times, however, the more problems I did, the easier it became.
ReplyDeleteI found the most difficult part about significant digits was to remember all of the different rules that applied and that resource helped.
ReplyDeleteI definitely struggled with significant digits and I agree that it was inconvenient that the textbook only gave us practice problems and not explanations.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the website! I also used this website for helping me further understand the concept of sigfigs, and answer any last minute questions I had about the test.
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