Introduction to exponents

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Intros
Lessons
  1. What are exponents?
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Examples
Lessons
  1. Express the number as a power.
    1. 4 × 4 × 4 × 4
    2. 64
    3. 10 000 000
  2. Complete the chart.

    Power

    Base

    Exponent

    Expanded form

    Standard Form

    8

    3 X 3 X 3 X 3 X 3 X 3 X 3 X 3

    11²

    11

    64

    1. Express each example as a power.
      1. Mark drives 25 km to visit his friend.
      2. Sara's face has turned orange because she just ate 81 carrots.
      3. Bob walked his toy poodle 64 km this weekend.
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    Practice
    Topic Notes
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    Do you ever wake up wishing you had powers? Or maybe you are lucky enough to be one of the few of those out there who do! In this section, we will be learning how to write products of repeated multiplication as powers. Exponents, or powers, are a way of showing that a quantity is multiplied by itself a certain number of times. In this section, we will be learning how to identify the base and exponent of a power as well as how to write a power in expanded and standard form. When a number is written in standard form, its digits are separated into groups of three.