Pronouncing numbers with powers of ten in them in English

published Dec 21, 2015 02:12   by admin ( last modified Dec 21, 2015 02:12 )

As you probably all now in Swedish 4*10⁵ is pronounced "Fyra gånger tio upphöjt till fem" :) .

But what is it called in English? "Four times ten raised to the power of five" is kind of long. Apparently you can say like this:

"Four by ten to the five"

 

Normally I'd say five by ten to the five and two by ten to the eight.


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