Basic Math Examples

$\frac{2 \cdot 10^{- 10}}{0.00002}$

Step 1

Divide using scientific notation.

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Step 1.1

Group coefficients together and exponents together to divide numbers in scientific notation.

$(\frac{2}{0.00002}) (\frac{10^{- 10}}{1})$

Step 1.2

Divide $2$ by $0.00002$ .

$100000 \frac{10^{- 10}}{1}$

Step 1.3

Divide $10^{- 10}$ by $1$ .

$100000 \cdot 10^{- 10}$

Step 2

Move the decimal point in $100000$ to the left by $5$ places and increase the power of $10^{- 10}$ by $5$ .

$1 \cdot 10^{- 5}$

Step 3

Multiply $10^{- 5}$ by $1$ .

$10^{- 5}$

Step 4

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{10^{5}}$

Step 5

Raise $10$ to the power of $5$ .

$\frac{1}{100000}$

Step 6

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{1}{100000}$

Decimal Form:

$1 \cdot 10^{- 5}$