Name
Date
Powers of 10
An
tells how many times the same number is multiplied by itself. In the example
4
below, the small 4 above the 10 is the exponent. You can read 10
as “10 to the 4th power.”
exponent
4
10
10
10
10
10
10,000
There are 4 zeros in the product above because:
10
10
100
10
100
1,000
10
1,000
10,000
So the exponent in a power of 10 shows the number of zeros in the product.
Write each product.
6
10
1.
3
10
2.
8
10
3.
10
10
4.
10 to the 5th power
5.
Write each number using an exponent.
100
6.
10,000,000
7.
100,000,000,000
8.
10,000,000,000,000,000
9.
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
10.