powers of ten
Orders of magnitude
Powers of ten are the numbers produced by multiplying ten by itself: 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, and so on.
Each step up multiplies by ten; each step down divides by ten.
Scientists use powers of ten to express very large or very small quantities compactly: a billion is 10⁹, a millionth is 10⁻⁶.
The distance is measured in powers of ten.
- exponentSuperscript showing power
- magnitudeSize or scale
- decimalTenths-based notation
- decimal pointFractional value separator
- metric systemDecimal-based measurement standard
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