.0001 1x10 to the negative 4 or on many calculators, 1x10^-4
8*10-4
0.0001 is one ten-thousandth
.0001
0.0064871
The power of ten is a form of a mathematical process called exponentiation. The base number is 10 and the exponent is the varying figure. The power of ten is commonly used to express very large scientific numbers in a shortened form.
0.001 = one thousandth.
1.4 x 10-3
you write 10 and a little 9 above the left of the ten
Add a zero for ever power. 10 to the 1 is 10. 10 to the 2 is 100. 10 to the 3 is 1000...and so on.
.1 = one tenth.01 = one hundredth.001 = one thousandth.0001 = one ten-thousandth.00001 = one hundred-thousandth
10 x 10 x 10 = 1000