Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #11676: Significant figures 1 - Following zeros
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-01-20 03:58:05+00:00
State: open
Labels: ie8, ie9, win7, wrong-or-unclear

Reporter: diane.zaballero@live.com

Why would the following zeros be important when they stand for nothing? You don't say them as you are reading the number.

[significant_figures_1.html?seed=188&problem=0](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/significant_figures_1.html?seed=188&problem=0&debug)

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["5","6","5"]

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