What is 1 as a power of 10?

The powers of 10 are easy to remember, because we use a base 10 number system.

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What does 1 to the power of 10 mean?
What is 10 to the power of 1 called?
What is 1 as a power?

For 10 n with n a positive integer, just write a " 1 " with n zeros after it. For negative powers 10 − n , write " 0 ." followed by n − 1 zeros, and then a 1 .

The powers of 10 are widely used in scientific notation , so it's a good idea to get comfortable with them.

Powers of 10

10 1 = 10

10 1 = 1

10 2 = 100

10 -1 = 0.1

10 3 = 1000

10 -2 = 0.01

10 4 = 10,000

10 -3 = 0.001

10 5 = 100,000

(one hundred thousand)

10 -4 = 0.0001

(one ten thousandth)

10 6 = 1,000,000

(one million)

10 -5 = 0.00001

(one hundred thousandth)

10 7 = 10,000,000

(ten million)

10 -6 = 0.000001

(one millionth)

10 8 = 100,000,000

(one hundred million)

10 -7 = 0.0000001

(one ten millionth)

10 9 = 1,000,000,000

(one billion)

10 -8 = 0.00000001

(one hundred millionth)

10 10 = 10,000,000,000

(ten billion)

10 -9 = 0.000000001

(one billionth)

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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:

In decimal notation the nth power of ten is written as '1' followed by n zeroes. It can also be written as 10n 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, beginning with 109, 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 parentheses.

The positive 10 power related to a short scale name can be determined based on its Latin name-prefix using the following formula: 10[(prefix-number + 1) × 3]

NamePower NumberSI symbolSI prefixone 0 1 ten 1 10 da (D) deca hundred 2 100 h (H) hecto thousand 3 1,000 k (K) kilo ten thousand (myriad (Greek)) 4 10,000 hundred thousand (lakh (India)) 5 100,000 million 6 1,000,000 M mega ten million (crore (India)) 7 10,000,000 hundred million 8 100,000,000 billion (milliard) 9 1,000,000,000 G giga trillion (billion) 12 1,000,000,000,000 T tera quadrillion (billiard) 15 1,000,000,000,000,000 P peta quintillion (trillion) 18 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 E 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 unvigintillion (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 duovigintillion (undecilliard) 69 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 trevigintillion (duodecillion) 72 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 quattuorvigintillion (duodecilliard) 75 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 quinvigintillion (tredecillion) 78 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 sexvigintillion (tredecilliard) 81 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 septenvigintillion (quattuordecillion) 84 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 octovigintillion (quattuordecilliard) 87 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 novemvigintillion (quindecillion) 90 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 trigintillion (quindecilliard) 93 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 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 centillion 303 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 googolplex googol one then 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 zeros.

The sequence of powers of ten can also be extended to negative powers.

Similar to the positive powers, the negative power of 10 related to a short scale name can be determined based on its Latin name-prefix using the following formula: 10−[(prefix-number + 1) × 3]

NamePowerNumberSI symbolSI prefixone 0 1 tenth −1 0.1 d deci hundredth −2 0.01 c 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 a 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 sexdecillionth −51 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 septendecillionth −54 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 octodecillionth −57 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 novemdecillionth −60 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 vigintillionth −63 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 unvigintillionth −66 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 duovigintillionth −69 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 trevigintillionth −72 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 quattuorvigintillionth −75 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 quinvigintillionth −78 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 sexvigintillionth −81 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 septenvigintillionth −84 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 octovigintillionth −87 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 novemvigintillionth −90 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 trigintillionth −93 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 googolth −100 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 1 centillionth −303 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 googolplexth −googol ten to the negative 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.

The number googol is 10100. The term was coined by 9-year-old Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner. It was popularized in Kasner's 1940 book Mathematics and the Imagination, where it was used to compare and illustrate very large numbers. Googolplex, a much larger power of ten (10 to the googol power, or 1010100), was also introduced in that book. (Read below)

The number googolplex is 10googol, or 1010,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, and was also made by Edward Kasner's nephew. (Read above)

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.

This is generally used to denote powers of 10. Where n is positive, this indicates the number of zeros after the number, and where the n is negative, this indicates the number of decimal places before the number.

The notation of mEn, known as E notation, is used in computer programming, spreadsheets and databases, but is not used in scientific papers.

What does 1 to the power of 10 mean?

A power of 10 is as many number 10s as indicated by the exponent multiplied together. Thus, shown in long form, a power of 10 is the number 1 followed by n zeros, where n is the exponent and is greater than 0; for example, 10⁶ is written 1,000,000.

What is 10 to the power of 1 called?

Positive powers.

What is 1 as a power?

Answer: Anything to the power of 1 equals the number itself. Let's solve this question step by step. Explanation: According to the exponent rule, any number raised to the power of one equals the number itself.

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