Evaluate 10^-3

$10^{- 3}$

Step 1

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{10^{3}}$

Step 2

Raise $10$ to the power of $3$ .

$\frac{1}{1000}$

Step 3

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{1}{1000}$

Decimal Form:

$0.001$