Negative Exponents for Powers of Ten

Which is a true statement?

• 10^-3 = 0.001

• 10^-5 = 0.0001

• 10^-1 = 0.01

• 10^-2 = 0.001

Negative powers of ten all have values between _____________.

• - 1 and 0

• 0 and 0.5

• 1 and 2

• 0 and 1

Which is equivalent to 10^-1 ?

• 0.001

• 0.01

• 0.1

• 1

A base of ten with a negative exponent NEVER EVER EVER gives you a:

• positive number

• negative number

• a number between zero and one

• a fraction or a decimal

1/10 x 1/10 x 1/10 = 

• 1/1000

• 1/10

• 1/100

• 0.01

These are all TRUE. Which is the expanded form of 10^-3 ?

• 1/10 x 10 x10

• 0.001

• 1/10³

• 1/1,000

Which is the correct exponent for 0.000001 = 10^?

• 6

• 5

• -6

• 5

A base of ten with a negative exponent gives a number between 0 and 1. Therefore, it is written in one of two ways. What are the two ways it can be written?

• As one or zero

• As one or a fraction

• As a fraction or a decimal

• As a decimal or zero

Negative exponents for powers of ten are meant to represent numbers between

• 0 and 1

• -1 and 0

• -1 and 1

• 0 and 100

• 100,000

• .00001

• 1/1000

• 1/10 * 1/10 * 1/10 *1/10