PHYSICS 9709/THEORY PAPER SIGNIFICANT FIGURE PROBLEM

[Browny]

Can anyone please state the number of significant figures wee should leave a answer to in the physics theory paper?

Would the CIE examiners cut marks for wrong number of significant figures in the final answers?

 

[NaNinG]

3 significant figures it is ,if not stated
n yeah.....marks r cut 4 inappropriate significant figures...

 

[Browny]

3 significant figures it is ,if not stated
n yeah.....marks r cut 4 inappropriate significant figures...

There was a question where the answer was 4.533333333.......*10^-3 the ans in m.s was to 2s.f. that is 4.5*10^-3.