Exploring Powers and Exponents

What does the exponent in a power indicate?

• The number of times the base is divided

• The number of times the base is subtracted

• The number of times the base is used as a factor

• The number of times the base is added

How would you write the product of 4 multiplied by itself 5 times as a power?

• 4^4

• 4^5

• 5^5

• 5^4

What is the value of 7 squared?

• 14

• 49

• 77

• 21

What is the value of 5 cubed?

• 125

• 15

• 25

• 75

What is the result of any number raised to the power of one?

• Zero

• The number squared

• The number itself

• One

What is the result of any number raised to the power of zero?

• Zero

• The number itself

• One

• The number squared

Which of the following is a perfect square?

• 30

• 40

• 20

• 64

How is the area of a square related to its side length?

• Area is the side length squared

• Area is the side length cubed

• Area is the side length multiplied by four

• Area is the side length divided by two

If a square has a side length of 3 units, what is its area?

• 12 square units

• 9 square units

• 6 square units

• 3 square units

What is the area of a life-size Monopoly game board with side lengths of 11 yards?

• 33 square yards

• 144 square yards

• 22 square yards

• 121 square yards