Dimensional Analysis
Significant Figures
How Many Sig Figs are There?
Dimensional Analysis Rules
Significant Figures Rules
100

Dimensional analysis is the analysis of the _____________ between different physical quantities

Relationships

100

Significant figures are the number of digits in a _____, often a measurement, that contribute to the degree of accuracy of the _____.

Value

100

402

3 Significant Figures

100

Two physical quantities can only be _______ if they have the same dimensions

Equated

100

All nonzero digits are ___________.

Significant

200

The term dimensional analysis is also used to refer to __________ of _____ from one dimensional unit to another, which can be used to evaluate scientific formulae.

Conversion of Units

200

All the zeros that are on the right of the last non-zero digit, after the decimal point, are ___________.

Significant

200

0.02503

4 Significant Figures

200

Two physical quantities can only be _____ if they have the same dimensions.

Added

200

All _____ that are found between nonzero digits are significant.

Zeros

300

Converting between metric units is called unit analysis or ___________ ________.

Dimensional Analysis

300

Each of the digits of a number that are used to express it to the required degree of accuracy, starting from the first _______ digit.

Nonzero

300

00674

6 Significant Figures

300

Only _____________ quantities (physical quantities having the same dimension) may be compared, equated, added, or subtracted.

Commensurable

300

Trailing zeros for a whole number that ends with a _______ point are significant.

Decimal