SOLUTION: A nanometer is a thousand times smaller than a micrometer, how many times smaller is a nanometer, than a meter?

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Question 964318: A nanometer is a thousand times smaller than a micrometer, how many times smaller is a nanometer, than a meter?
Found 2 solutions by EdenWolf, Alan3354:
Answer by EdenWolf(517) About Me  (Show Source):
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A nanometer is 1,000,000,000 times smaller than a meter.

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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A nanometer is a thousand times smaller than a micrometer, how many times smaller is a nanometer, than a meter?
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That makes no sense.
1 times smaller = zero (0).
How can it be 1000 times smaller?
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People who don't know what they're talking about should stick to politics, not get involved with math.
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nano = 10e-9 = 1 billionth
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1 meter = 1,000 millimeters
1 meter = 1,000,000 microns
1 meter = 1,000,000,000 nanometers
1 meter = 1,000,000,000,000 picometers