Sig figs in word problems

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which number sig figs do we take into account when doing word problems?

[feizahteope2J]

Usually they will indicate the number of sigfigs, or alternatively you determine this based on the number of sigfigs used throughout the other steps or information provided in the question

[Kaila Jung 2H]

Hi! To add on, when doing a word problem, you would have the number of sig figs in your answer be from the number in the problem with the least amount of sig figs. For instance, if a problem had the numbers 3.14, 5001, and 20, your final answer would have only 1 sig fig because the smallest sig fig value of all of the numbers given is 1.