Key term for OCR GCSE Mathematics, used in Estimation Methods.
A way of rounding based on the importance of digits. The first significant figure is the first non-zero digit. Accuracy is determined by the place value of the last specified figure.
Significant figures appears in OCR GCSE Mathematics revision content for Approximation and Estimation, especially Estimation Methods and Error Intervals and Bounds.
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