Number of Sig Figs in Answer

[Seungyeon_Chi_1K]

I thought we were supposed to answer with the most amount of sig figs given in the question, but in a pdf that I saw in bruinlearn, it tells us to answer with the least amount of sig figs given. Which way am I supposed to answer when answering questions for this class?

[victoria lu 2c]

i'm pretty sure it's the least number of sig figs in the operation that determines the number of sig figs in the result.

[pamela_3E]

Hi, it's supposed to be the least number of sig figs given, as explained in this post:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3195

[Mark Cortes 2I]

The reason why you must always use the least amount of sig figs given in the calculation is so that the final result doesn't appear more precise than the original measurements of data. This exaggerates the precision of the final answer and misleading you from the true accuracy of the result.