11. The effect is that the number of significant digits in the result is reduced unacceptably. 12. It lacked accuracy in many of its scientific functions, some yielding only four significant digits . 13. Additional zeros imply a tighter tolerance, for example " 15M0 " for three significant digits . 14. All of the significant digits remain, but the place holding zeroes are no longer required. 15. How exactly does the margin of error in my initial mesurements effect the significant digits ? 16. It has 9 significant digits and a check digit. 17. In real-world measuring situations, improving the measurement technique will eventually begin yielding unpredictable least significant digits . 18. Let's not think in terms of " significant digits "-let's think about the actual worst-case error: 19. Significant digits don't apply to medieval spoken terms.20. The remaining digits are called significant digits .