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Billions

109 = 1,000,000,000
10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 = 1,000,000,000

Millions

106= 1,000,000
10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 = 1,000,000

Hundred Thousands
105 = 100,000
10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 = 100,000

Ten Thousands
104 = 10,000
10 x 10 x 10 x 10 = 10,000

Thousands
103 = 1,000
10 x 10 x 10 = 1,000

Hundreds
102 = 100
10 x 10 = 100

Tens
101 = 10
ones
100 = 1

Tenths
10-1 = 1/10
1/10 = 0.1

Hundredths
10-2 = 1/102
1/102 = 0.01

Thousandths
10-3 = 1/103
1/103 = 0.001

Ten Thousandths
10-4 = 1/104
1/104 = 0.0001

Hundred Thousandths
10-5 = 1/105
1/105 = 0.00001

Millionths
10-6 = 1/106
1/106 = 0.000001

Billionths
10-9 = 1/109
1/109 = 0.000000001


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