Chapter 1 - Scientific Notation
Allows for the representation of large and small numbers expressed as a number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10. For example the number 1,000,000 would be expressed as 1 x 106. And 0.000509 would be 5.09 x 10-4
Powers of Ten
| 106 = 1,000,000 |
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| 105 = 100,000 |
| 104 = 10,000 |
| 103 = 1000 |
| 102 = 100 |
| 101 = 10 |
| 100 = 1 |
| 10-1 = 0.1 |
| 10-2 = 0.01 |
| 10-3 = 0.001 |
| 10-4 = 0.0001 |
| 10-5 = 0.00001 |
| 10-6 = 0.000001 |
