Homework Help: 7th grade math - can't figure this out!

Posted by Delilah on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 8:11pm.

A certain computer can perform 10^5 calculations per second. How many calculations can it perform in 10 seconds?

I just cannot seem to solve this problem can somebody explain how to do this step by step?

7th grade math - can't figure this out! - Reiny, Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 8:27pm
Ummmh, doesn't 10^5 mean
10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 ??
So if we multiply by another 10 , how many 10's will we have now ?
7th grade math - can't figure this out! - Delilah, Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 8:36pm
100,000
100,000 x 10 = 1,000,000
thanks!!!

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