General Rules of Thumb for Sig Figs

[George Kefalas 1D]

I understand that rounding to sig figs occurs at the end of a calculation when getting your final result, but, when working through problems in this class that require several calculations, how many decimal places should I generally hold (say on an exam) throughout a problem before rounding with sig figs?

[305954124]

Hey,
When solving the problem, I would use three decimal places, unless the equation says otherwise, and then round the final answer by the least number of significant figures if the equations says to do that.

[Michelle 1E]

When doing calculations, for me I generally like to keep most of the numbers (around 6), or you can also round the sig figs to the smallest sig fig variable.