A thousand thousands
1,000 x 1,000 = 1,000,000
Which is a 1 followed by 6 zeros
Using scientific notation: 1 × 106
The prefix "mega-" means a million.
Examples:
• a megaliter is a million liters
• a megameter is a million meters (1,000 kilometers, about the distance from London to Berlin)
Below is a cube made of a million smaller cubes:
