english has special names for some of the numbers in the decimal number system that are "powers of ten". all of these power of ten numbers in the decimal number system use just the symbol "1" and the symbol "0". for example, ten tens is the same as ten times ten, or one hundred. in symbols, this is "10 × 10 = 100". also, ten hundreds is the same as ten times one hundred, or one thousand. in symbols, this is "10 × 100 = 10 × 10 × 10 = 1000". some other powers of ten also have special names: