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document.write( "My son is learning 'powers'. So he takes the number 1,000 and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "writes it out with powers. (one times 10 to the third power plus one times ten to the second power etc).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Question How are fractions represented using powers? For instance 1234.56, how would you represent the .56 as power (is it 5 times 10 to the .1 power plus 6 times ten to the .01 power)?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.56 = 5*10^(-1) + 6*10^(-2)<BR>\n" );
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