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105 100,000

(^104) 10,000
103 1,000
102 100
10
1
10
100 1
1/10
1/100
1/1,000
1/10,000
1/100,000
10 –1
10 –2
10 –3
10 –4
10 –5
Continues forever!
Continues forever!
Continues forever!
Continues forever!

• 10 –4


• 10 –5


• 10 –3


• 10 –2


• 10 –1


• 100

10

-^1

• 102


• 103


• 104


• 105


• 100


• 10


• 1/10


• 1/100


• 1/1,000


• 1/10,000


• 1/100,000


• 1


• 10,000


• 100,000

0

• 1,000

Negative rational numbers Positive rational numbers

Figure 7-2 The entire set of rational numbers can be portrayed in
power-of-10 form as two lines, one for the positive values
and the other for the negative values, with a separate
point for 0.

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