Power of 10 - wikipedia Power of 10 This article is about the mathematical concept. For other uses, see Power of 10 ( disambiguation ). Visualisation of powers of 10 from one to 1 billion. In mathematics, a power of 10 is any of the integer powers of the number ten ; in other words, ten multiplied by itself a certain number of times ( when the power is a positive integer ). By definition, the number one is a power ( the zeroth power ) of ten. The first few non-negative powers of ten are : 1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, 1000000, 10000000... ( sequence A011557 in the OEIS ) Contents 1 Positive powers 2 Negative powers 3 Googol 4 Scientific notation 5 See also 6 Further reading 7 References Positive powers In decimal notation the nth power of ten is written as ' 1 ' followed by n zeroes. It can also be written as 10 or as 1En in E notation. See order of magnitude and orders of magnitude ( numbers ) for named powers of ten. There are two conventions for naming positive powers of ten, called the long and short scales. Where a power of ten has different names in the two conventions, the long scale name is shown in brackets. The positive 10 power related to a short scale name can be determined based on its Latin name - prefix using the following formula : 10 Examples : billion = 10 = 10 ; octillion = 10 = 10 Name Power Number SI symbol SI prefix One 0 ( none ) ( none ) Ten 10 da ( D ) deca Hundred 100 h ( H ) hecto Thousand 1,000 k ( K ) kilo Ten Thousand ( Myriad ) 10,000 Hundred Thousand ( Lakh ) 5 100,000 Million 6 1,000,000 mega Ten Million ( Crore ) 7 10,000,000 Billion ( Milliard ) 9 1,000,000,000 giga Trillion ( Billion ) 12 1,000,000,000,000 tera Quadrillion ( Billiard ) 15 1,000,000,000,000,000 peta Quintillion ( Trillion ) 18 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 exa Sextillion ( Trilliard ) 21 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Z zetta Septillion ( Quadrillion ) 24 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Y yotta Octillion ( Quadrilliard ) 27 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Nonillion ( Quintillion ) 30 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Decillion ( Quintilliard ) 33 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Undecillion ( Sextillion ) 36 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Duodecillion ( Sextilliard ) 39 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Tredecillion ( Septillion ) 42 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Quattuordecillion ( Septilliard ) 45 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Quindecillion ( Octillion ) 48 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Sexdecillion ( Octilliard ) 51 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Septendecillion ( Nonillion ) 54 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Octodecillion ( Nonilliard ) 57 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Novemdecillion ( Decillion ) 60 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Vigintillion ( Decilliard ) 63 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Unvingintillion ( Undecillion ) 66 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Googol 100 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Negative powers The sequence of powers of ten can also be extended to negative powers. Similarly to above, the negative 10 power related to a short scale name can be determined based on its Latin name - prefix using the following formula : 10 Examples : billionth = 10 = 10 ; quintillionth = 10 = 10 Name Power Number SI symbol SI prefix One 0 ( none ) ( none ) Tenth − 1 0.1 d deci Hundredth − 2 0.01 centi Thousandth − 3 0.001 m milli Ten - thousandth ( Myriadth ) − 4 0.000 1 Hundred - thousandth ( Lacth ) − 5 0.000 01 Millionth − 6 0.000 001 μ micro Billionth − 9 0.000 000 001 n nano Trillionth − 12 0.000 000 000 001 p pico Quadrillionth − 15 0.000 000 000 000 001 f femto Quintillionth − 18 0.000 000 000 000 000 001 atto Sextillionth − 21 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001 z zepto Septillionth − 24 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 y yocto Octillionth − 27 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 Nonillionth − 30 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 Decillionth − 33 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 Undecillionth − 36 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 Duodecillionth − 39 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 Tredecillionth − 42 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 Quattuordecillionth − 45 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 Quindecillionth − 48 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 Sedecillionth − 51 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 Googol Main article : googol The number googol is 10. The term was coined by 9 - year - old Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, popularized in his 1940 book Mathematics and the Imagination, it was used to compare and illustrate very large numbers. Googolplex, a much larger power of ten ( 10 to the googol power, or 10 ), was also introduced in that book. Scientific notation Main article : Scientific notation Scientific notation is a way of writing numbers of very large and very small sizes compactly when precision is less important. A number written in scientific notation has a significand ( sometime called a mantissa ) multiplied by a power of ten. Sometimes written in the form : m × 10 Or more compactly as : 10 This is generally used to denote powers of 10. Where n is positive, this indicates the number zeros after the number, and where the n is negative, this indicates the number of decimal places before the number. As an example : 10 = 100,000 10 = 0.00001 The notation of mEn, known as E notation, is used in computer programming, spreadsheets and databases, but is not used in scientific papers. See also Power of two SI prefix Cosmic View, inspiration for the film Powers of Ten Exponentiation Further reading Video Powers of Ten ( 1977 ). Nine - minute film. US Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS ), made by Charles and Ray Eames. `` An adventure in magnitudes. Starting at a picnic by the lakeside in Chicago, this film transports the viewer to the outer edges of the universe. Every ten seconds we view the starting point from ten times farther out until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light among many others. Returning to Earth with breathtaking speed, we move inward - into the hand of the sleeping picnicker - with ten times more magnification every ten seconds. Our journey ends inside a proton of a carbon atom within a DNA molecule in a white blood cell. '' References Jump up ^ mathsteacher.com.au Jump up ^ nasa.gov Sequences and series Integer sequences Basic Arithmetic progression Geometric progression Harmonic progression Square number Cubic number Factorial Powers of two Powers of 10 Advanced Complete sequence Fibonacci numbers Figurate number Heptagonal number Hexagonal number Lucas number Pell number Pentagonal number Polygonal number Triangular number Full list Properties of sequences Cauchy sequence Monotone sequence Periodic sequence Properties of series Convergent series Divergent series Conditional convergence Absolute convergence Uniform convergence Alternating series Telescoping series Explicit series Convergent 1 / 2 − 1 / 4 + 1 / 8 − 1 / 16 + ⋯ 1 / 2 + 1 / 4 + 1 / 8 + 1 / 16 + ⋯ 1 / 4 + 1 / 16 + 1 / 64 + 1 / 256 + ⋯ 1 + 1 / 1 + 1 / 2 + 1 / 3 +... ( Riemann zeta function ) Divergent 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + ⋯ 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ⋯ 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + ⋯ 1 − 1 + 1 − 1 + ⋯ ( Grandi 's series ) Infinite arithmetic series 1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + ⋯ 1 − 2 + 4 − 8 + ⋯ 1 + 1 / 2 + 1 / 3 + 1 / 4 + ⋯ ( harmonic series ) 1 − 1 + 2 − 6 + 24 − 120 + ⋯ ( alternating factorials ) 1 / 2 + 1 / 3 + 1 / 5 + 1 / 7 + 1 / 11 + ⋯ ( inverses of primes ) Kinds of series Taylor series Power series Formal power series Laurent series Puiseux series Dirichlet series Trigonometric series Fourier series Generating series Hypergeometric series Generalized hypergeometric series Hypergeometric function of a matrix argument Lauricella hypergeometric series Modular hypergeometric series Riemann 's differential equation Theta hypergeometric series Classes of natural numbers Powers and related numbers Achilles Power of 2 Power of 10 Square Cube Fourth power Fifth power Sixth power Seventh power Perfect power Powerful Prime power Of the form a × 2 ± 1 Cullen Double Mersenne Fermat Mersenne Proth Thabit Woodall Other polynomial numbers Carol Hilbert Idoneal Kynea Leyland Lucky numbers of Euler Repunit Recursively defined numbers Fibonacci Jacobsthal Leonardo Lucas Padovan Pell Perrin Possessing a specific set of other numbers Knödel Riesel Sierpinski Expressible via specific sums Nonhypotenuse Polite Practical Primary pseudoperfect Ulam Wolstenholme Generated via a sieve Lucky Code related Meertens Figurate numbers 2 - dimensional centered Centered triangular Centered square Centered pentagonal Centered hexagonal Centered heptagonal Centered octagonal Centered nonagonal Centered decagonal Star non-centered Triangular Square Square triangular Pentagonal Hexagonal Heptagonal Octagonal Nonagonal Decagonal Dodecagonal 3 - dimensional centered Centered tetrahedral Centered cube Centered octahedral Centered dodecahedral Centered icosahedral non-centered Tetrahedral Octahedral Dodecahedral Icosahedral Stella octangula pyramidal Square pyramidal Pentagonal pyramidal Hexagonal pyramidal Heptagonal pyramidal 4 - dimensional centered Centered pentachoric Squared triangular non-centered Pentatope Pseudoprimes Carmichael number Catalan pseudoprime Elliptic pseudoprime Euler pseudoprime Euler -- Jacobi pseudoprime Fermat pseudoprime Frobenius pseudoprime Lucas pseudoprime Somer -- Lucas pseudoprime Strong pseudoprime Combinatorial numbers Bell Cake Catalan Dedekind Delannoy Euler Fuss -- Catalan Lazy caterer 's sequence Lobb Motzkin Narayana Ordered Bell Schröder Schröder -- Hipparchus Arithmetic functions By properties of σ ( n ) Abundant Almost perfect Arithmetic Colossally abundant Descartes Hemiperfect Highly abundant Highly composite Hyperperfect Multiply perfect Perfect Practical number Primitive abundant Quasiperfect Refactorable Sublime Superabundant Superior highly composite Superperfect By properties of Ω ( n ) Almost prime Semiprime By properties of φ ( n ) Highly cototient Highly totient Noncototient Nontotient Perfect totient Sparsely totient By properties of s ( n ) Amicable Betrothed Deficient Semiperfect Euclid Fortunate Dividing a quotient Wieferich Wall -- Sun -- Sun Wolstenholme prime Wilson Other prime factor or divisor related numbers Blum Erdős -- Nicolas Erdős -- Woods Friendly Frugal Giuga Harmonic divisor Lucas -- Carmichael Pronic Regular Rough Smooth Sociable Sphenic Størmer Super-Poulet Zeisel Recreational mathematics Base - dependent numbers Automorphic Cyclic Digit - reassembly Dudeney Equidigital Extravagant Factorion Friedman Happy Harshad Kaprekar Keith Lychrel Missing - digit sum Narcissistic Palindromic Pandigital Parasitic Pernicious Polydivisible Primeval Repdigit Repunit Self Self - descriptive Smarandache -- Wellin Strictly non-palindromic Strobogrammatic Sum - product Transposable Trimorphic Undulating Vampire Aronson 's sequence Ban Pancake number Large numbers Examples in numerical order Thousand Ten thousand Hundred thousand Million Ten million Hundred million Billion Trillion Quadrillion Quintillion Sextillion Septillion Googol Googolplex Skewes 's number Googolduplex Moser 's number Graham 's number TREE ( 3 ) SSCG ( 3 ) Rayo 's number Transfinite numbers Expression methods Notations Knuth 's up - arrow notation Conway chained arrow notation Steinhaus -- Moser notation Operators Hyperoperation Tetration Pentation Ackermann function Bowers 's operators Related articles Infinitesimal Number systems Number names Orders of magnitude List of notable numbers Indefinite and fictitious numbers Extended real number line Power of two Power of 10 Long and short scales Titanic prime Gigantic prime Megaprime Largest known prime number Names History Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Power_of_10&oldid=819321607 '' Categories : Integers Integer sequences Talk Contents About Wikipedia Aragonés Deutsch Español Magyar 日本 語 Norsk Српски / srpski Svenska Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 8 January 2018, at 18 : 54. 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Question: what does 10 to the power of 3 mean
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