Noob question - but does MCAT test Sig Figs?

[yestomeds]

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K so I'm asking this because an old EK Chem 1001 book has an entire section dedicated to sig figs. Like. Why?

Thanks. Sorry for being ridiculous.

 

[mikil100]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say no.

 

[El-Rami]

I doubt it. The math is supposed to involve rounding so you can do it in your head.

 

[yestomeds]

Thank gawd.

 

[Kochanie]

K so I'm asking this because an old EK Chem 1001 book has an entire section dedicated to sig figs. Like. Why?

Thanks. Sorry for being ridiculous.

From everything I've seen, not at all. Like someone said, you don't get a calculator. 🙂

 

[StudyLater]

K so I'm asking this because an old EK Chem 1001 book has an entire section dedicated to sig figs. Like. Why?

Thanks. Sorry for being ridiculous.

Even if it did, wouldn't that be the least of your worries? Pretty much every concept on the MCAT is harder than sig-figs, which take about 5 mins to learn.

 

[yestomeds]

Even if it did, wouldn't that be the least of your worries? Pretty much every concept on the MCAT is harder than sig-figs, which take about 5 mins to learn.

I have found sig digs to be the hardest of math concepts. Even when I was doing math competitions in high school, I avoided having to sit down and learn them. 🙁

 

[StudyLater]

I have found sig digs to be the hardest of math concepts. Even when I was doing math competitions in high school, I avoided having to sit down and learn them. 🙁

That's like perfectly setting up a volume calculation using a triple integral spherical coordinate approach and then screwing up the algebraic simplification.

Which happened to me all. the. time.

 

[Alkaidius]

I would fail so hard if they included sig figs...I don't know what it is...

 

[realba11]

@StudyLater That's me right there. Forever grateful for being done with BME.

 

[deleted393595]

K so I'm asking this because an old EK Chem 1001 book has an entire section dedicated to sig figs. Like. Why?

Thanks. Sorry for being ridiculous.

Nope