Precision vs. Accuracy
This term describes how close repeated measurements are to each other.
What is precision?
4.5 × 10³
What is 4,500?
How many significant figures are in 0.00620?
What is 3?
What is 0.480 ÷ 4.0 reported with correct significant figures?
What is 0.12?
What is the percent error formula?
What is.... |measured − accepted| ÷ accepted × 100
Convert 1000 millimeters to meters.
What is 1 meter?
This term describes how close a measurement is to the accepted value.
What is accuracy?
0.0062
What is 6.2 × 10⁻³?
How many significant figures are in 7.80 × 10²?
What is 3?
What is 18.45 + 2.1 with correct significant figures?
What is 21?
What is the percent error when the measured value is 9.5 g and the accepted value is 10.0 g?
What is 5.0%?
Convert 3,500 meters to kilometers.
What is 3.5 kilometers?
Measurements of 25.0 g, 25.1 g, and 25.0 g when the accepted value is 30.0 g. Is this accurate or precise?
What is precise but not accurate?
8.09 × 10⁻⁴
What is 0.000809?
What is 45.678 rounded to 3 significant figures?
What is 45.7?
What is 3.2 × 4.56 with correct significant figures?
What is 15?
What is the percent error for a measured value of 48.0 m and accepted value of 50.0 m?
What is 4.00%?
Convert 0.25 liters to milliliters.
What is 250 milliliters?
Darts are clustered together but far from the bullseye.
What is high precision but low accuracy?
901,000
What is 9.01 × 10⁵?
How many significant figures are in 0.030?
What is 2?
What is 1.42 × 3.0 rounded using correct significant figures?
What is the percent error when the measured value is 39.0 g and the accepted value is 40.0 g?
What is 2.50%?
Convert 10 kilometers to meters.
What is 10,000 meters?
Measurements are spread out and far from the accepted value.
What is low precision and low accuracy?
What is 0.0000320 written in scientific notation?
What is 3.2 × 10⁻⁵?
How many significant figures are in 5.040?
What is 4?
What is 12.0 ÷ 2.0 with correct significant figures?
What is 6.0?
What does a 0% percent error indicate?
What is the measured value equals the accepted value?
Convert 45 grams to kilograms.
What is 0.045 kilograms?