New Member Mike, PGCE student

[mike yeah]

Hi all,
I'm Mike, about to start teacher training in the UK.
This forum seems good for finding answers to tricky questions especially with real world physics. And significant figures, which I'm trying to find some consistent rules for right now.

Best Wishes
Mike

 

[phinds]

Welcome to the forum

 

[berkeman]

Welcome to PF, Mike. It's good to have you here.

And significant figures, which I'm trying to find some consistent rules for right now.

You can start with the introductory article at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_figures

and if you still have questions, you could start a thread in the General Math forum (or the Teacher's forum) to discuss your questions.

 

[TensorCalculus]

isn't the general rule for how many sigfigs to put in an answer for (secondary) physics in the UK that it's the least amount of sigfigs given in the question?