Understanding Exponents

Divisors

Factors

Multiplicands

Indices

Add it to itself

Divide it by itself

Multiply it by itself a certain number of times

Subtract it from itself

Repeated addition

Division

Repeated multiplication

Subtraction

The number that is multiplied repeatedly

The number that is added repeatedly

The number that is subtracted

The number that is divided

The number that dictates how many times to subtract the base

The number that dictates how many times to multiply the base

The number that dictates how many times to divide the base

The number that dictates how many times to add the base

Using the multiplication symbol

Using the caret symbol

Using the addition symbol

Using the division symbol

Ampersand (&)

Percent (%)

Caret (^)

Asterisk (*)

Not to omit the base

Not to confuse them with division symbols

Not to confuse them with two-digit numbers

Not to write them too large

Because the order of multiplication does not matter

Because the base and power can be interchanged without changing the result

Because exponents are always even numbers

Because changing the order of the base and power changes the result

The power can be omitted without affecting the result

2 to the power of 5 equals 5 to the power of 2

2 to the power of 5 does not equal 5 to the power of 2

The base can be switched with the power without changing the outcome