Expressed as a proper fraction in its simplest form, -2-6 = -1/64 or minus one sixty-fourth. Expressed as a decimal, this is equal to -0.015625.
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Exactly! -6 to the power of 2 means "-6 times -6". That's a negative times a negative, and the answer is positive 36.
2^-6 = 1/(2^6) = 1/64 = 0.015625
1000000 * * * * * NO! That is 10 to the power of 6. 10 to the power of NEGATIVE 6 is 1 over 1000000 or 0.000001
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The details vary, depending on the calculator. To specify, for example, 5 to the power -2, you might typically press the following keys: 5 (xy) 2 (+/-) To specifically 10 to a positive or negative power, use the antilog function; for example, for 10 to the power -6: 6 (+/-) (10x)