Significant figures Calculator
Result
Original
0Significant figures: 0
Decimal: 0
Rounded
0Significant figures: 0
Decimal: 0

Significant Figures or Digits
The number of digits that are meaningful: they have an accuracy matching our measurements, or are simply all we need.
A significant figure is a figure or a digit that contributes to how accurately something can be measured. For example, a standard meter stick with centimeters as the smallest division can be used to accurately measure to a tenth of the smallest unit, which is a millimeter.
There are certain rules which need to be followed to measure the significant figures of a calculated measurement.
Listed below are the basics of the law:
- All non zero digits are significant
- Zeroes between non zero digits are significant
- A trailing zero or final zero in the decimal portion only are significant.
Sig Fig Calculator operators
- Addition ( + ), division ( / or ÷ ), subtraction ( – ), multiplication ( * or × ) and exponent ( ^ )
- Grouping symbols: parentheses ( )
- Functions: log n, ln n
Significant Figures Examples
The numbers in boldface are the significant figures.
- 5 – 1 significant figures (5)
- 600 – 1 significant figures (6)
- 5408 – 4 significant figures (5, 4, 0 and 8)
- 0.0624 – 3 significant figures (6, 2 and 4)
- 50.06 – 4 significant figures (5, 0, 0 and 6)
- 580,000 – 2 significant figures (5 and 8)
- 5.00 – 3 significant figures (5, 0 and 0)