Whole Numbers: Powers of 10
When you multiply 10s together, the product is called a power of 10. You can use an
exponent to show a power of 10. The exponent gives the number of times that 10 is
a factor.
Example: Our planet Earth was created in what we now call the Milky Way galaxy. [Genesis 1]
Presently we approximate that God made more than 100,000,000,000 stars in the Milky Way. How can you rewrite this number in a shorter way?
Standard Form: 100, 000, 000, 000
Factor form: 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10
Exponential Form: Write 10^11. [10 is called the base, and 11 is called the exponent]. We say, 10 to the eleventh power.
Example:
2Kings 3:4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, kand he had to deliver to the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.
How can you write 100,000 lambs and rams in Exponential form?
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