Question

Anju has Rs. 4 with her. She wanted to buy paper clips with that money. Each clip costs Rs. 0.5. She realizes that she can buy ‘x’ number of paper clips from the available money. Find the number of significant digits in ‘x’.

• A. 1
• B. 8
• C. 2
• D. 5

Answer 1

The correct option is A

1

Number of clips= $\frac{4}{0.5}$= 8

Therefore, x = 8

Number of significant figures in 8 is 1.

Thus, the number of significant figures in ‘x’ is 1.