Exponents: Vocabulary & Basics

In the math problem 5² the number 5 is the ________.

• exponent

• base

• multiplier

• product

What is another word that means the same as exponent?

• base

• slope

• multiplier

• power

The problem  $8^4$   means:

• 8 + 8 + 8 + 8

•  $8\cdot4$  

•  $8\cdot8\cdot8\cdot8$  

• 8 + 4

We use exponents to represent:

• repeated addition

• repeated multiplication

• division

• fractions

What is $2^3$ equal to? 

• 9

• 8

• 6

• 2

In the problem $6^5$  the number 5 is called the ______.

• exponent

• base

• multiplier

• product

The math problem $3^7$  would be read out loud as:

• "three raised to the seventh power"

• "three times seven"

• "seven times three"

• "three times itself seven times"

Another way of saying "five raised to the second power" or $5^2$  is:

• "five cubed"

• "five squared"

• "five times two"

Another way of saying "two raised to the third power" or $2^3$  is:

• "three squared"

• "two times three"

• "two cubed"

Choose the correct expanded form with its correct answer for  $5^4$  

•  $5+5+5+5=20$  

•  $5\cdot5\cdot5\cdot5=125$  

•  $5\cdot5\cdot5\cdot5=625$  

•  $5\cdot4=20$