Learning About Exponents

John is learning about exponents and bases. He comes across the equation 2³ = 8. Can you tell him which number is the BASE in this equation?

• 2

• 3

• 8

Which number is the EXPONENT?
4^{2 =} 16

• 4

• 2

• 16

What is the exponent form for the factors
5 x 5 x 5?

• 3⁵

• 5³

What operation do you use with exponents?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

Which expression is equivalent to the expression for all values of q where the expression is defined?

• q²⁷

• 1/q²⁷

• q³

• 1/q³

How might the teacher have said the expression if she wanted students to write Michael's expression?

• '6 plus 4 multiplied by 6'

• '6 plus 4 raised to the third power'

• '6 plus 4 multiplied by 3'

• '6 plus 4 squared'

• Option 1

• Option 2

What is 52x52x52x52x52x52x52x52x52x52x52

• 52¹²

• 52¹¹

• 52¹⁰

• 52⁹

• I forgot how to do this

x*x*x*x*x*x

• x⁵

• x¹⁰⁰

• x⁶

• x^x

What is the exponential form of 
4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4

• 6⁴

• 4²

• 4⁶

• 4 x 6