Question

Which is not a power of 10?

ten raised to the zero point five power

0.001

100,000

Answer 1

" ten raised to the zero point five power "
has the power as 0.5
not 10

Answer 2

They are all powers of 10 though.

Answer 3

Thanks :)

Answer 4

10^x where x is some number will be a power of 10.

Answer 5

the first is 10^(0.5), next is 1/1000 = 1/10^3 = 10^(-3)

Answer 6

not actually, 10^0.5 is not, its actually sqrt 10

Answer 7

Yes, I know that, but wouldn't that still be considered a 0.5th power of 10?

Answer 8

given the choices, thats the best answer
as the question assumes the integral power

Answer 9

I kinda disagree, but have no problems with your answer if she got it right. Question is silly though, and I would go for all of the above as the answer.