Prime Factorization, Exponents, and Order of Operations

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What is Prime Factorization?

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The process of breaking down a number into its prime factors, which are the prime numbers that multiply together to give the original number.

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What is a Prime Number?

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A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has exactly two distinct positive divisors: 1 and itself.

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What is the Exponential Form of 5 x 5 x 5?

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5^3

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What is the value of 2^3?

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8

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What is the Order of Operations?

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A set of rules that determines the sequence in which calculations are performed in a mathematical expression, often remembered by the acronym PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, Addition and Subtraction).

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Solve: 3 + 4 x 2

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11 (according to the order of operations, multiplication is done before addition).

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What is the Exponential Form of 10 x 10 x 10 x 10?

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10^4

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Which is greater: 3^4 or 4^3?

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4^3 (which equals 64) is greater than 3^4 (which equals 81).

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What is the Prime Factorization of 60?

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2^2 x 3^1 x 5^1

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What is 7^2?

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