Powers of Ten Negative Exponents

Based on the pattern,

10¹ = 10

10⁰ = 1

10^-1 = 0.1

10^-2 = 0.01

0.00001 is equivalent to -

• 10^-6

• 10^-5

• 10^-4

• 10^-3

Powers of ten with a negative exponent gives you a negative number.

• True

• False

Check ALL that apply.

Powers of ten with negative exponents can be written as a-

• fraction

• decimal

• negative number

• square root

What decimal is equivalent to 10^-7 ?

• 0.000000001

• 0.00000001

• 0.0000001

• 0.000001

Which is NOT equivalent to 10^-4 ?

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Which is a true statement?

• 10^-5 = 0.000001

• 10^-4 = 0.0001

• 10^-2 = 0.001

• 10^-1 = 0.01

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

• 0.0000001

• .10000000

• .00001

• .000001

Which is the correct exponent ?

0.000001 = 10^?

• 6

• 5

• -6

• 5