The Powers of Ten: An Intro to Exponents Song Lyrics

The base number is ten

Two is the exponent

Ten to the second means ten times ten

This power of ten is one hundred

Again the base number is ten

But now three is the exponent

It equals ten times ten times ten

The third power of ten is one thousand

To find the power of ten look at the exponent

Take your pencil and write that many zeros

Let's do it again to find the power of ten

Look at the exponent

Take your pencil and multiply that many tens

Yeah, yeah

Oh, the base number is ten

Four is the exponent

It's ten times ten times ten times ten

The fourth power of ten is ten thousand

Again the base number is ten

Five is the exponent

Write five tens and multiply them

And you will get one hundred thousand

To find the power of ten, look at the exponent

Take your pencil and write that many zeros

Let's do it again to find the power of ten

Look at the exponent

Take your pencil and multiply that many tens

With the power of ten we can multiply or divide

Dividing slice left, multiplying slice right

The power is the number of places

Slide the point, that number of spaces

One hundred five and nine thousands times ten to the third

The three represents the decimal point

Sliding right three times, the product's one hundred five thousand nine

Now let's divide by ten to the third

Slide three places left for in other words, this number is now one thousand times less

Powers of ten are the best

Using powers of ten is the norm when writing numbers in expanded form

Split the values apart bit by bit to see the value of every digit

Come on

I like this

To find the power of ten, look at the exponent

Take your pencil and then write that many zeros

Let's do it again to find the power of ten

Look at the exponent

Take your pencil and then multiply that many tens