Digits Count: Significant Digits and Calculators.

Browne, Joseph

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Publication Date: 1991

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Digits Count: Significant Digits and Calculators.

Browne, Joseph

Mathematics Teacher, v84 n5 p344-46 May 1991

Included are several general principles pertaining to the uses, applications, and accuracy of significant digits when mathematical computations are performed with calculators. Examples are provided that illustrate how misunderstandings can arise from the misapplication of these principles. (JJK)

Descriptors: Calculators, Computation, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Measurement, Number Concepts, Secondary School Mathematics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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