Powers of Ten

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Powers of Ten

Material of many levels of sophishistication is presented on this page. Some of it should be familiar. Some of it should be completely new.

The Usual Powers of Ten
The Funny Looking (at First) Powers of Ten Needed To Write 1 through 10
Apply A Pattern - The Exponents Used to Write 2, 20, 200

NOTES:

No points have been marked on this page for BREAKs. Decide for yourself when to break.
Keep both notes open and your calculator open.
If you only have the computer calculator, use it to verify the easier examples. A scientific or graphing calculator will work for all.
You might find the word list on NAME THAT NUMBER (PART I) to be of value.
You might find the table on place value to be useful.

Some of the Integer Powers of Ten

This list extends infinitely at each end.

Examine the list, generalize or make an observation about a pattern or patterns you see, and record your observations below the list.

	1 quadrillion
	100 trillion
	10 trillion
	1 trillion
	100 billion
	10 billion
	1 billion
	100 million
	10 million
	1 million
	100 thousand
	10 thousand
	1 thousand
	1 hundred
	ten
	one
	1 tenth
	1 hundredth
	1 thousandth
	10-thousandth
	100-thousandth
	1 billionth

$Answer$

Please state your observations.

Writing 2, 3, 4 As Powers of Ten

Each number may be written as a power of ten.

The larger a number is, the larger the power of 10 required to represent it. THERE IS NO WAY WITHOUT KNOWLEGDE OF LOGS OR A CALCULTOR OR MATH TABLES FOR THE READER TO DETERMINE THE EXPONENTS LISTED BELOW. The reader of this page is not expected to study logs now!

	one
	two
	three
	four
	five
	six
	seven
	eight
	nine
	ten

$Answer$

Please state your observations.

Writing 2, 20, 200 As Powers of Ten

Using the integer powers of ten and the decimal or fractional powers of ten, any number may be written.

1. Please state your observations.

2. Use only the tables above and your observations to answer. Ten to what power is 20,000?

$Answer$

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