Question

When is the exponent in scientific notation negative?

Answer 1

Positive exponents lead to multipliers greater than 1:

`10^1=10, 10^2=100, 10^3=1000` and so on.

An exponent of `0` leads to a multiplier of `1`: `10^0=1`

Negative exponents lead to multipliers smaller than 1:

`10^-1=1/10=0.1`
`10^-2=1/100=0.01`
`10^-3=1/1000=0.001`