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1,000,000, also written as one million, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. In scientific notation, it is 1 × 10^6.

It factors as 2^6 × 5^6, since 1,000,000 = (2×5)^6 = 10^6. It is a perfect square (1000^2 = 1,000,000) and a perfect cube (100^3 = 1,000,000), making it a sixth power (10^6).

Representations in other bases include binary 11110100001001000000_2 and hexadecimal 0xF4240. In decimal, it is written with a comma as 1,000,000.

The term million derives from Italian milione, from mille meaning “thousand” with an augmentative suffix. In the SI system, the prefix mega denotes 10^6 and is symbolized by M.

Uses and significance: The number is commonly used to denote population counts, monetary amounts, and data sizes in decimal form. In computing, the megabyte has historically referred to 1,000,000 bytes in decimal usage, though many systems use 1,048,576 bytes (2^20) for a mebibyte.