POWERS AND EXPONENTS

POWERS & EXPONENTS VOCABULARY FACTORS - numbers that are multiplied together. BASE - the number being used as a factor. EXPONENT - tells how many times a number is used as a factor.

POWERS & EXPONENTS VOCABULARY POWER - a number that is expressed using exponents. SQUARED - a number that has an exponent of 2. CUBED - a number that has an exponent of 3.

EXPONENT FORM 2³ base exponent

FACTOR FORM 2³ = 2 x 2 x 2 factors

STANDARD FORM 2³ = 2 x 2 x x 2

POWERS AND EXPONENTS 4³ 4 x 4 x ² 7 x 7 49 m 5 m  m  m mm

Follow Order of Operations 5 + 3² x

What is the value of m² m² + n³,n³, if m=4 and n =5? 4² + 5³ 4 x x 5 x x 5 x x

CRITICAL THINKING: 10² 10 x ³ 10 x x 1000 Exponent Form Factor Form Standard Form 10 x x x How could you find 10 without using a calculator? 20 10

A light year is the distance light travels in one year. The Milky Way galaxy is about 100,000 light years wide. Write 100,000 as a power with 10 as the base. 10 5