Intro to Exponents

They are a type of arithmetic

They tell us what to do with numbers

They tell us to take a number and multiply it by itself a certain number of times.

Repeated multiplication

The first number gets multiplied repeatedly a certain number of times

The first number is called the BASE, written full size

Second number written smaller and at the top right of the base

Tells us how many copies to make of the base

Called the exponent

 $5^4$  Five to the fourth power

 $7^6$  Seven to the sixth power

 $13^{14}$  Thirteen to the fourteenth power

 $4^2$  Four squared

Anytime the exponent is a 2, called squared

 $5^3$  five cubed

Anytime the exponents is a 3, called cubed