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You reverse the sign of the power and multiply by adding exponents.

Example 10 to the 7 divided by 10 to the negative 6 = 10 to the 13

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Q: How do you divide a positive power of ten by a negative power of ten?
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What is the definition of negative powers of ten?

A negative power of ten means divide by ten to the positive value of the power. Thus 10-3 is the same as 1/103 or 1/1000 Thus 10-6 is the same as 1/106 or 1/1000000


What does multiplying by ten to a negative power imply?

It is equivalent to dividing by ten to the equivalent positive power.


Is 0.00036 the same as 3.6 times ten to the fourth power?

No it is ten to the negative fourth power. If the number is greater than 1 it is to a positive power, if the number is smaller thann 1 it is to a negative power.


How is the way the decimal point moves when you divide a number by a power of ten the same as when you multiply?

It is not. For positive powers of ten, the decimal point moves to the right when multiplying and to the left when dividing. For negative powers of ten the point moves in the opposite directions.


How is the way the decimal point moves when you divide a decimal number by a power of ten the same as when you multiply?

It is not. For positive powers of ten, the decimal point moves to the right when multiplying and to the left when dividing. For negative powers of ten the point moves in the opposite directions.


10 to the negative 1 power divide it by ten to the negative 4 power?

10-1 / 10-4 = 104 / 101 = 103 = 1000


What is positive ten minus negative ten?

Twenty


What is 498 divide 100 by the power of ten?

498 divide 100 by the power of ten = 4.98


What is negative thirteen plus positive three?

negative ten


How do you multiply or divide by powers of ten?

Move decimal place left for negative powers of ten, and move decimal place right for positive powers of ten. For example 4X10-6 is 0.000004 7X104 is 70000


What is a positive fourteen plus a negative ten equals?

positive 4


What is negative ten subtract negative sixty?

-10-(-60)=50 A negative and a negative equals a positive. Therefore, negative ten minus negative sixty is the same as negative ten PLUS sixty. Sixty minus ten equals fifty.