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Significant Figure Quiz Tool

An interactive Java quiz tool for testing a student's understanding of significant figures. A number is presented, and the student is to enter the correct number of significant digits.
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Material Type:
Drill and Practice
Date Added to MERLOT:
February 10, 2001
Date Modified in MERLOT:
June 12, 2018
Author:
 
Submitter:
John Walkup
Primary Audience:
High School, College General Ed
Technical Format:
Website, Java Applet
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
Cost Involved:
No
Source Code Available:
No
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John Walkup
John Walkup (Staff)
25 years ago
Although not sophisticated, this tool is very effective in testing a student's
understanding of significant figures. The fact that the tool provides hints to
the user as to why they missed a question is a nice feature.