how do you make a power of ten?

It is simple a power of ten is just how many zeros it has for example 10^6 (Ten the power of 6) would have 6 zeros like this 1,000,000 which is One million. So to sum up 10^6= 1,000,000. Easy if you really think about it

When you divide a negative by a negative, would it be a positive or a negative?

It would be positive. Just like in multiplication, if they're both positive or negative, it will be positive. If both numbers are different (in terms of being positive/negative) then the resulting quotient should be negative, assuming you did the math right!

are there powers of other numbers?

You can use exponents in pretty much any situation, with any number. There are powers of one, zero, twenty-three, and every single other number, just like all numbers have a square root.

Powers of 10 are really easy because, all you have to do is count the zeros!

and the number above the 10 says how many zeros there are

Is there any division videos like 94000.1 divided by 10 =

I don't think so, but your question is easy to solve: just move every number one space over to the right. 94000.1/10 = 9400.01

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5th grade

Course: 5th grade > Unit 10

Lesson 3: Powers of 10

Powers of 10 review

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Review the powers of 10 and try some practice problems.

Summary of powers of 10


10, start superscript, start color #11accd, 1, end color #11accd, end superscript, equals	10, equals	1, start color #11accd, 0, end color #11accd
10, start superscript, start color #aa87ff, 2, end color #aa87ff, end superscript, equals	10, times, 10, equals	1, start color #aa87ff, 00, end color #aa87ff
10, start superscript, start color #1fab54, 3, end color #1fab54, end superscript, equals	10, times, 10, times, 10, equals	1, start color #1fab54, 000, end color #1fab54

How do we evaluate powers of 10?

To evaluate a power of 10, we multiply the base left parenthesis, 10, right parenthesis by itself the exponent amount of times.

Example:

10, start superscript, 5, end superscript has an exponent of 5, so we multiply 10 times itself 5 times:

10, start superscript, 5, end superscript, equals, 10, times, 10, times, 10, times, 10, times, 10, equals, 100, comma, 000

The pattern

The number of zeros in the solution always matches the exponent.

Example:

10, start superscript, start color #1fab54, 3, end color #1fab54, end superscript, equals, 10, times, 10, times, 10, equals, 1, start color #1fab54, 000, end color #1fab54, which has start color #1fab54, 3, end color #1fab54 zeros

Want to learn more about powers of ten? Check out this video.

Practice

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Which of the following is equivalent to 10, comma, 000?

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  It is simple a power of ten is just how many zeros it has for example 10^6 (Ten the power of 6) would have 6 zeros like this 1,000,000 which is One million. So to sum up 10^6= 1,000,000. Easy if you really think about it
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When you divide a negative by a negative, would it be a positive or a negative?
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- TJ the Program Apprentice
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This was pretty easy basically I would look at the exponents, (EX : 10^4) then I would see which has 4 zeros (If this helped I hope you can up vote :D) (Its okay if now)
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  You can use exponents in pretty much any situation, with any number. There are powers of one, zero, twenty-three, and every single other number, just like all numbers have a square root.
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how many are in the power of ten
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  10,000,000,000
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look at how many zeros there are and that is the answer. It will help you a lot.
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  True. But for an equation like 40x50 there are 2 0's but it equals 2,000 which has 3 zero's
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Powers of 10 are really easy because, all you have to do is count the zeros!
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  and the number above the 10 says how many zeros there are
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Is there any division videos like 94000.1 divided by 10 =
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  I don't think so, but your question is easy to solve: just move every number one space over to the right. 94000.1/10 = 9400.01
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