Question

What Does ''To the power of'' mean?

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YOU MAKE N0 SENSE OKAY

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June 3, 2022 (Friday)

Thank you for explaining this in a simple manner.

I found it very easy to understand.

Regards

Catherine

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What is the opposite of it?

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If you have 10x10x10 would really me to the power of three. Or another way would just to count the zeros to know.

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So easy its makes sense now

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thank you

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It means how many times you times it by itself

Eg.

5^5 = 5x5x5x5x5

5^3 = 5x5x5

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Makes total sense

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You mean sense?

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Thanks, now I'll stop being called dumb ^^

Answer 1

To the power of means to multiply the base by the exponent. (The big number is the base and the small number is the exponent)

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Yeah, and to put it in a more simple way, it means to multiply the base however many times the exponent says to by it self :D

Like 3 by the second power, or 3², means to multiply 3 by itself two times.

3x3 = 9, so 3² = 9!

Answer 2

It means that there's an exponent (or to multiply the number by itself)

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I just love how this over 73k views.

Answer 3

erm I don’t think I get it  . .

Answer 4

it means to multiply the number by itself depending on what the power of it is. Example: 5 to the power of two, 5x5. [25].

I hope it makes sense?

Answer 5

if its to the power of 2 ie 4 to the power of 2 its 4x4 or 16

Answer 6

Number 1: Why doesn't anyone apart from 1 guy know what 'To the Power' is

Number 2: Why doesn't anyone know how to spell sense correct?

Answer 7

It explains how many zeros you put behind the number.

Answer 8

If I were to say what is 10³pwr times 1 it would be 10,000. 

Answer 9

"To the power of" represents exponents

5+5=10 (5+5)

5x5=25 (5+5+5+5+5)

5 to the power of 5=125 (5x5x5x5x5) (5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5)

Exponents is to multiplication as multiplication is to addition

In P.E.M.D.A.S. (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) is the "order of operations" for longer math problems, (if you have to things that are in the same spot in pemdas you do it from left to right (P, E, M+D, A+S) multiplication and division are done at the same time, and addition and subtraction are done at the same time

The E in PEMDAS stands for exponents

So if you do 

10+7×4^5÷(3+6)=

10+7×4^5÷9

10+7×100÷9

10+700÷9

10+77.777... (I did the "..." Because it goes on forever)

87.777...

Thats how you do the order of operations... And i know the question was about to the power of but i got on a tangent LOL

When you use this symbol (^) and then a number, that symbolizes an exponent, and the number after that is the exponent

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Answer 10

You are multiplying the number by itself, and what the number is "to the power of" is how many times you are multiplying it by itself. For example, 2 to the power of 3 is 8.

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So if it’s 2x2 4 then that’s 1-3 2 then 4x2 8 so 2-1 1 and THEN 8x2 16 1-1 0….. right?

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wow thats so much easier to understand compared to the other answers-

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im in 7th grade and im learning this right now. this helped