Maths

 

POSITIVE EXPONENTS

We are going to talk about powers. A power of a number lets you know how many times a number is going to multiplicate.

You can writed it as a small number on the right and above the base number.

For example: 5² = 5 × 5 = 25 (Also known as exponent)

So, 5² will be named as "five to the power two" or "five to the second power" or simply "five squared".

Let's go with another example:

2³ = 2x2x2 =8

So, 2³ could be called "two to the power theree", "two to the third  power" or simply "two cubed"




NEGATIVE EXPONENTS

A negative exponent shows you how to many times you have to divide. 


PD For example: 10 raised to -1 = 1/10= 0,1


PD: Hi Super Nintendo Chalmers