31. The previous poster not only got a mathematically sound answer, he got it to " six significant digits ". 32. Would this reduce my allowed significant digits to 2 or would I still be allowed to use 3 significant digits ? 33. A digit lower than a threshold value marks that it is the most-significant digit , hence the end of the number. 34. The typical arithmetic precision of a slide rule is about three significant digits , compared to many digits on digital calculators. 35. Would this reduce my allowed significant digits to 2 or would I still be allowed to use 3 significant digits? 36. I would, for example, be fine with automatic conversions of 3 + significant digits past what the original number offers. 37. The law states that in many naturally occurring collections of numbers, the leading significant digit is likely to be small. 38. If you want to work to only 2 significant digits , why not just say 1.6 ? ( The given here? 39. Early electronic calculators could only handle 8 to 10 significant digits , whereas suanpans can be built to virtually limitless precision. 40. Anything that can be done by means of significant digits can be done much better and more easily by other means.
