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Q. The number of significant figures in $0.06900$ is

Physical World, Units and Measurements

Solution:

If the number is less than 1, the zero (s) on the right of decimal point and before the first non-zero digit are not significant.
In 0.06900, the underlined zeroes are not significant.
Hence, number of significant figures is four (6900).