2000 x 1000 = 2000000
2000 x 1000 = 2000000. Three zeros from the thousand and three already in 2,000 make six, so the answer is two million. Here is the working and the pair it gets mixed up with.
2,000 × 1,000 = 2,000,000
Adding 2,000 to itself 1,000 times gives the same answer.
Why the answer is 2,000,000
Count the zeros. 2,000 carries three and 1,000 carries three, so the product carries six, with the 2 in front: 2,000,000. As powers of ten that is 2 x 10³ x 10³ = 2 x 10⁶.
Twice a million
The base case is 1,000 x 1,000 = 1,000,000. Doubling one factor doubles the answer, so 2,000 x 1,000 is two million. Nothing else has to be recalculated.
The one that gets typed instead
2,000 x 100 = 200,000 is ten times smaller. Two hundred thousand and two million look close in a form field and read very differently on a statement, so the zero count is worth a second look.
A sense of two million
- 2,000,000 seconds is 23 days, 3 hours, 33 minutes and 20 seconds.
- 2,000 metres repeated 1,000 times is 2,000,000 metres, which is 2,000 kilometres.
- 2,000 grams taken 1,000 times is 2,000,000 grams, or 2,000 kilograms, which is 2 tonnes.
Larger pairs are listed on multiplication answers.