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exponents-elementary
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Grade 5
Grade 6
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Mathematics
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5th and 6th Grade
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fifth-and-sixth-grade
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What is an exponent?
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An exponent indicates how many times a number is multiplied by itself.
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Since the exponent is 4, the number 3 is multiplied by itself 4 times.
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What is exponential notation?
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Exponential notation is one way of writing a number. The notation is made up of a base and an exponent.
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You can read exponential notation in different ways.
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The exponential notation 67 can be read:
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6 exponent 7
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6 to the power of 7
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6 raised to the 7th power
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What is a power?
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A power is the result of a repeated multiplication.
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81 is the power of 34.
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When the exponent of a number is 2, the power is a square number.
Read the concept sheet Square Numbers to learn about square numbers,
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25 is the square of 5.
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When the exponent of a number is 3, the power is a cubed number.
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64 is the cube of 4.
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Multiplying Numbers
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Internal
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Square Numbers
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Decomposing Numbers
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Prime Factors and Prime Factorization
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The Order of Operations
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