Intro to exponents

Front

What does the term 'squared' mean?

Back

Raised to the power of 2.

Front

What is the result of (-4) squared?

Back

16.

Front

What is a number raised to the third power called?

Back

Cubed.

Front

How can you express 7 multiplied by itself 6 times?

Back

7^6.

Front

What expression represents five squared?

Back

5^2.

Front

What is the general form of an exponent?

Back

a^n, where 'a' is the base and 'n' is the exponent.

Front

What does it mean to raise a number to a power?

Back

It means to multiply the number by itself a certain number of times.

Front

What is the value of 2^3?

Back

8.

Front

What is the difference between a base and an exponent?

Back

The base is the number being multiplied, and the exponent indicates how many times to multiply the base by itself.

Front

What is the result of 10^0?

Back

1, because any non-zero number raised to the power of 0 is 1.