d. Powers of Ten (10) Expressed in Scientific Notation.
1,000,000 = 1 X 106
100,000 = 1 X 105
10,000 = 1 X 104
decimal moved to the left
1,000 = 1 X 103
100 = 1 X 102
10 = 1 X 101
1 = 1 X 100
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0.1 = 1 X 10-1
0.01 = 1 X 10-2
0.001 = 1 X 10-3
decimal moved to the right
0.0001 = 1 X 10-4
0.00001 = 1 X 10-5
0.000001 = 1 X 10-6
1-22. CHANGING THE SIGN OF THE EXPONENT
a. To change the sign of the exponent, move the exponential term to the
denominator or numerator as appropriate with a concurrent change in sign. This
Example.
10-6
10-4
Numerator
---- = ---- = 10-10
104
106
Denominator
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