Question

What is a way to write 100,000 using exponents?

Answer 1

ANSWER

$100,000=10^5$
EXPLANATION

We want to write 100,000 using exponents.

This means that, we want to write 100,000 as an index number, that is a certain number raised to a certain index or exponent.


The exponent tells us how many times that number multiplies itself to give 100,000

$100,000=10 \times 10 \times 10 \times 10 \times 10$

Since 10 multiplies itself 5 times to give 100,000, we write

$100,000=10^5$

Answer 2

1x10=10
10x10=100
100x10=1000
1000x10=10000
10000x10=100000
10 to the 5 power
10^5