Powers and exponents

Vocab

100

What is the base?

This is the number that is multiplied by the exponent.

200

What is the exponent?

The smaller number that you times the base by

300

What is the power?

This is the sum of both the base and the exponents.

400

What does evaluate mean?

To solve the indicated multiplication and write its result.

500

What is the order of operations?

PEMDAS

simple exponents

100

3³

27

200

2⁴

16

300

5⁴

625

400

8²

64

500

15⁴

 50625

equations

100

2⁴  + 3²

25

200

5⁴ - 6²

589

300

8³ + 12²

593

400

2²  - 1¹

3

500

4² - 7⁵

-16751

multiplication

100

2³ x 4⁷

131072

200

5² x 6³

5400

300

6³ x 7

1512

400

12 x 3⁴

972

500

9² x 4³

5184