How many times less is 10^2 than 10^6? Express your answer as an integer power of 10.

Question

A. 10^-4
B. 10^4
C. 0.0001
D. 10,000

Answer 1

To find out how many times smaller one number is compared to another, we need to divide the larger number by the smaller number.

In this case, we need to find out how many times smaller 10^2 is compared to 10^6.

So, the calculation is: 10^6 ÷ 10^2 = 10^4.

Therefore, 10^2 is 10^4 times smaller than 10^6.

The answer is B. 10^4.