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What is the purpose for leaving decimal values at the end of a number? The may give additional precision or may be indicators of the number of significant digits in the calculation. As an example of the latter, 5.000 kilometres is, at first sig â¦ ht, no different from 5 km.
1 If a number ends in zeros to the right of the decimal point, those zeros are significant. 2  For example: 3  2.0 (2 sig figs). 4  2.00 (3 sig figs) {This signifies greater accuracy.}. 5  If a number ends in zeros to the left of the decimal point, those zeros may or may not be significant.