Question

What is the value of ${10}^9$?

• A. $1,000,000$
• B. $1,000,000,000$
• C. $100,000,000$
• D. $10,000,000$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $1,000,000,000$

In ${10}^9$,
$\bullet \text{Base}=10$
$\bullet \text{Exponent}=9$

We know the exponent to the base $10$ defines the number of zeros after $1$ when writing the number.

Here, in ${10}^9$, as the exponent is $9$, we include $9$ zeros after $1$ when writing ${10}^9$ in number form.

$\therefore {10}^9=1,000,000,000$
($1,000$ Million or $1$ Billion)

Hence, option (b.) is the correct one.