What Are Powers?
A power consists of a base and an exponent, and is used to write multiplication in an easier way. If you multiply a number by itself multiple times, it can be written as a power.
Theory
A power is an expression
where is the called the base, and is the exponent.
The base is the number that you multiply by itself, and is how many times you are multiplying by .
Example 1
Write 3 multiplied by itself 4 times as a power
Example 2
Write the number 25 as a power with 5 as a base
Note! If the exponent is equal to 0, the power is always 1, for all bases apart from 0.
Example 3
Calculate and