How do you read/say aloud the following number: 1.00E+06

[bbmak]

This number appears in a math book but I want to know how to speak this number. There must be a proper way to say it.
Just like you say 1/2 is one-half, or .07 is pronounced "seven hundredths" How do you say "1.00E+06"

 

[Deleted member 4993]

This number appears in a math book but I want to know how to speak this number. There must be a proper way to say it.
Just like you say 1/2 is one-half, or .07 is pronounced "seven hundredths" How do you say "1.00E+06"

It is written in scientific notation.

If I had to pronounce it - I would say "1 Million".

There are lot of "informations" conveyed in the written numbers - that are neglected in spoken numbers. For example, most of the time we do not specify the significant digits (which is by the way 3 in this case).

 

[lookagain]

How do you say "1.00E+06"

As that is a form of \(\displaystyle 1.00 \ \times \ 10^6,\) I would say it as:

"One point zero zero times 10 to the sixth power."

 

[JeffM]

How you say something depends on both your audience and the point being conveyed.

If I was speaking informally, particularly to people not likely to be comfortable with scientific notation, I'd say "1 million." That is concise, easily understood, and not pretentious.

If I was speaking formally to that same audience, I'd say "1 million, give or take no more than 5000." That is exact and in the common tongue.

If I was speaking formally to scientists or mathematicians, I'd say "1 million plus or minus 5 thousand" because I think that formulation is more readily comprehended by ear. But if I was writing for that same audience, I'd write "1.00 * 10⁶" because that is quite comprehensible to that audience and also both concise and exact.

The job of language is to communicate. Choose your words to suit your occasion.

 

[lookagain]

This number appears in a math book but I want to know how to speak this number.
There must be a proper way to say it.

Just like you say 1/2 is one-half, or
.07 > > is pronounced < < "seven hundredths"

How do you say "1.00E+06"

bbmak,

that phrase should be "could be pronounced," not "is pronounced."

The decimal .07 could also be pronounced as "point zero seven."


For a similar example to your second example, you can go here:

http://www.aaamath.com/dec37bx2.htm


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Edit:

If saying "oh" is a legitimate short form of saying "zero," then I support the following poster's point

However, if not, then the user saying "oh" for "zero" is lazy and/or is ignorant of how it's to be said.

 

[John Harris]

There's an awful lot of two-syllable "zero"s in this thread. Unless discussing typography I'd always say "Oh".

 

[mmm4444bot]

In the digital age, I think that it's best to say "zero" whenever you mean zero.

O is a letter of the alphabet.

My late friend used to tear his hair, while unsuccessfully (and repeatedly) speaking his account number to Bank of America's phone systems.

 

[John Harris]

Context is everything, I reckon.

 

[pka]

This number appears in a math book but I want to know how to speak this number. There must be a proper way to say it.
Just like you say 1/2 is one-half, or .07 is pronounced "seven hundredths" How do you say "1.00E+06"

I have a totally different reply from any I have read.
"1.00E+06" does not belong in a mathematics textbook, it is not mathematics. So tell students to ask a physicist or and engineer what it means.

At my university the standard joke was "What separates pure mathematics from applied mathematics?" Answer: one floor and our elevator does not stop at that floor.

 

[bbmak]

As that is a form of \(\displaystyle 1.00 \ \times \ 10^6,\) I would say it as:

"One point zero zero times 10 to the sixth power."

Thank you! That's what I was looking for.