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

Answer 1

To find how many times smaller $10^2$ is than $10^6$, we see that \[\frac{10^6}{10^2} = 10^{6-2} = 10^4.\]Therefore, $10^2$ is $\boxed{10^4}$ times smaller than $10^6$.