1x10 to the 7th power = one times ten to the seventh = 1x107 = 10000000.0
All this "one times ten to the" junk starts at the "one's place" so that 1x107
is a one followed by seven zeros and then the decimal point.
1x103 = 1000 one followed by three zeros, decimal place is understood.
1x106 = 1,000,000.0
1x10-3 = 0.001 this is the same except the one is preceded by three zeros to the one's place