Question

Describe how the names of the negative integer powers of 10 correspond to the names of the positive integer powers of 10.

Answer 1

"th" is added to the name of the negative power. Here are a few of them ...

10¹ = ten; 10⁻¹ = tenth

10² = hundred; 10⁻² = hundredth

10³ = thousand; 10⁻³ = thousandth

10⁶ = million; 10⁻⁶ = millionth

10⁹ = billion; 10⁻⁹ = billionth