Some patterns and trend that are present in the periodic table would be
1. electronegativity (from left-to-right it increases across the table)
2. ionization (from left-to right it increases and from bottom-to-top it increases)
3. electron affinity (same as ionization energy)
4. atom radius (increases opposite way; from right-to-left it increases and from top-to-bottom it increases)
5. melting point (higher melting points with metals and lower melting point with non-metals)
6. metallic character (same as atom radius)
Answer:
Non-zero digits are always significant.
Any zeros between two significant digits are significant.
A final zero or trailing zeros in the decimal portion ONLY are significant. If a number ends in zeros to the right of the decimal point, those zeros are significant.
Explanation:
1.138 has 4 significant figures, which are 1, 1, 3 and 8. The numbers after the decimal point are decimals and are significant figures.