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  2. Power of 10 - Wikipedia

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    In decimal notation the nth power of ten is written as '1' followed by n zeroes. It can also be written as 10 n or as 1En in E notation. See order of magnitude and orders of magnitude (numbers) for named powers of ten. There are two conventions for naming positive powers of ten, beginning with 10 9, called the long and short scales. Where a ...

  3. Names of small numbers - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the names of small decimal numbers in English. ... One Tenth: deci-d: 10 −2: 10×10 ... 10 −2: 10×10 −3: One One-Hundredth: centi-c: 10 −3: ...

  4. Metric prefix - Wikipedia

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    The prefixes from tera-to quetta-are based on the Ancient Greek or Ancient Latin numbers from 4 to 10, referring to the 4th through 10th powers of 10 3. The initial letter h has been removed from some of these stems and the initial letters z , y , r , and q have been added, ascending in reverse alphabetical order, to avoid confusion with other ...

  5. Mill (currency) - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, it is a notional unit equivalent to a thousandth of a United States dollar (a hundredth of a dime or a tenth of a cent). In the United Kingdom, it was proposed during the decades of discussion on decimalisation as a 1 ⁄ 1000 division of sterling's pound .

  6. Base ten blocks - Wikipedia

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    Wooden Dienes blocks in units of 1, 10, 100 and 1000 Plastic Dienes blocks in use. Base ten blocks, also known as Dienes blocks after popularizer Zoltán Dienes (Hungarian: [ˈdijɛnɛʃ]), are a mathematical manipulative used by students to practice counting and elementary arithmetic and develop number sense in the context of the decimal place-value system as a more concrete and direct ...

  7. Order of magnitude - Wikipedia

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    The different decimal numeral systems of the world use a larger base to better envision the size of the number, and have created names for the powers of this larger base. The table shows what number the order of magnitude aim at for base 10 and for base 1 000 000 .

  8. Googol - Wikipedia

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    A googol is the large number 10 100 or ten to the power of one hundred. In decimal notation, it is written as the digit 1 followed by one hundred zeros: 10, 000, 000 ...

  9. Hundredth - Wikipedia

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    A hundredth is also one percent. A hundredth is the reciprocal of 100. A hundredth is written as a decimal fraction as 0.01, and as a vulgar fraction as 1/100. [2] “Hundredth” is also the ordinal number that follows “ninety-ninth” and precedes “hundred and first.” It is written as 100th.