1000000000 (number)

High school (ages 12+)
Mathematics & Numbers

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific notation?10^9
2. What is the modern scale?Currently defined as 10^9 (a thousand million) in the 'short scale'
3. What does the number 1,000,000,000 mean?It is called a billion and equals 10 raised to the power of nine, or a thousand million.
4. How big is a billion compared to everyday things?If you stacked a billion millimeters, the pile would reach about 1,000 kilometers, which is close to the edge of space.

Exponential Notation: A way of writing numbers using a base and an exponent to show repeated multiplication.
Nomenclature: The system of names or terms used in a particular branch of knowledge or science.
Cosmology: The branch of astronomy concerned with the origin and evolution of the universe.