# When multiplying or dividing significant figures, Do I ever round the product or qoutient?

I know when subtracting or adding significant figures,it is necessary to round the resultant to the least amount of significant figures, on the right sight of the decimal point, based on the least amount of significant figures of a number involved in the sum or resultant. I want to clarify now, is there ever a case involving the division or multiplication of significant figures, where it would be necessary to round the product or quotient?

• That's a maths question, try Stack exchange mathematics. Can you see that division by N is the same as subtracting N-1/N, though. Similar for products and addition. – JMLCarter Sep 9 '17 at 1:08
• @JMLCarter it's a scientific notation question, definitely not mathematics. – user12029 Sep 9 '17 at 1:13
• You think? Maybe I'll answer here then. – JMLCarter Sep 9 '17 at 1:24
• @JMLCarter In pure mathematics, there is no such thing as significant figures. Significant figures is a concept applied by physicists, scientists, engineers,etc., to describe the accuracy of measured quantities. – Iam Pyre Sep 9 '17 at 2:05
• Is all maths pure maths, though? There is usually some overlap between disciplines. Anyway, not the accuracy, the resolution. For example it is meaningful to specify $1.25\pm.43$, which has a different accuracy (,43) and least significant figure/resolution. – JMLCarter Sep 9 '17 at 14:23