Names for small numbers

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Naming very small numbers is the same as naming very big numbers, but with one important difference. There is a minus sign over what the 10 in the formula is raised to. So if one wanted to write 0.007 in shorthand form, they would write it 7 x 10^-3 since 7 is the third digit after the decimal point (the zero in front of the decimal point doesn't count). Naming a very small number with lots of different numbers inside it is the same as doing it with a very big number, but again with that one difference of the minus sign. So 0.0000452 would become 4.52 x 10^-5 (0.0000452 --> 4.52 x 0.00001 --> 4.52 x 10^-5).

Contents 1 Some Examples 2 Names for Small Numbers 3 See also 4 Other websites

[change] Some Examples

0.00000000009	=	9 x 10-11
0.000678	=	6.78 x 10-4
0.000000535645	=	5.35645 x 10-7

[change] Names for Small Numbers

	American Name	European Name
100	One	One
10-1	Tenth	Tenth
10-2	Hundredth	Hundredth
10-3	Thousandth	Thousandth
10-4	Ten Thousandth	Ten Thousandth
10-5	Hundred Thousandth	Hundred Thousandth
10-6	Millionth	Millionth
10-9	Billionth	Milliardth
10-12	Trillionth	Billionth
10-15	Quadrillionth	Billiardth
10-18	Quintillionth	Trillionth
10-21	Sextillionth	Trilliardth
10-24	Septillionth	Quadrillionth

[change] See also

• Names for large numbers

[change] Other websites

• Names of large and small numbers