Question

The greatest value of any U.S paper money every printer is 10⁵ dollars. What is this anount written in standard form?

Answer 1

The greatest value indicated is:

`10^5\text{dollars}`

And we need to convert this number to the standard form ( a number without the exponent).

To solve this problem, let's first remember that when a number has an exponent, the exponent indicates the number of times that we will multiply the base number by itself, for example:

`2^3=2*2*2`

So, in this case:

`10^5=10*10*10*10*10`

We multiply 10 five times by itself. The result then is:

`10^5=100,000`

Note: When you have powers of 10 you can also express the exponent as the number of zeros you add to the "1". In this case, the exponent was 5, so we add 5 zeros next to the 1, and the result is 100,000.

Answer: 100,000