Question

How many significant figures does 0.0560

Answer 1

3 significant figures..the zeros are non-significant

Answer 2

the significant figures of the number 0.0560 is 3.

Explanation:

Significant figure is the number of non-zero digits.

The given number is 0.0560

Now, we know that leading zeros are not significant.

Hence, we count the number of digits after the decimal excluding 0.

So there are 3 digits 5,6 and 0.

Hence, we can conclude that the significant figures of the number 0.0560 is 3.