How many times larger is $ 8.19\cdot10^{-14} $ than $10^{-19} $

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I'm reading in a book:

While the rest energy contained in an electron, $ 8.19\cdot10^{-14} J $, may seem ridiculously small, on the atomic scale it is tremendous. Compare our answer to $10^{-19} J $, the energy gained or lost by a single atom during a typical chemical reaction. The rest energy of an electron is about 1,000,000 times larger!

I think the numbers are so small that I'm having trouble having an intuitive understanding of it the part "1,000,000 times larger". Isn't 100,000 times larger a closer answer?

$$ 10^{-19} \cdot 10^{5} = 10^{-14} < 8.19\cdot10^{-14} $$