Which of the following rules regarding the significant figures and calculations involving them is not correct?

Question

Which of the following rules regarding the significant figures and calculations involving them is not correct? (A) The result of an addition or subtraction is reported to the same number of decimal places as present in number with least decimal places (B) Result of multiplication or division should have same number of significant figures as present in most precise figure (C) The result of multiplication or division should be rounded off to same number of significant figures as present in least precise figure (D) The non-significant figures in the measure - ments are rounded off

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Answer to a multiplication or division is rounded off to the same number of significant figures as possessed by the least precise term in the calculation

Q. Which of the following rules regarding the significant figures and calculations involving them is not correct?

The result of an addition or subtraction is reported to the same number of decimal places as present in number with least decimal places

Result of multiplication or division should have same number of significant figures as present in most precise figure

The result of multiplication or division should be rounded off to same number of significant figures as present in least precise figure

The non-significant figures in the measure - ments are rounded off

Answer to a multiplication or division is rounded off to the same number of significant figures as possessed by the least precise term in the calculation