Power of Ten and Exponents

What is the value of ten squared? 

• 20

• 10

• 0

• 100

Define an exponent

• a number

• a number that is going to be multiplied

• a number that tells how many times to multiply the base number

• the number of times 10 is multiplied by itself

Choose the answer that shows the value of 10⁴

• 10

• 40

• 1,000

• 10,000

Which of these is the same as 10 x 10 x 10 x 10?

• 100,000

• 1,000

• Ten to the third power

• Ten to the fourth power

Which of these best describes what an exponent is?

• a number

• a number that is going to be multiplied

• a number that tells how many times to multiply a base number by itself

• the number that is being multiplied by itself

Our first exponent rule says that when you are multiplying two exponents with the same base, you keep the base the same and ________ the exponents.

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

Our second rule says that when a power is raised to a power, you should _________ the inner and outer exponents.

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

• 2

• 7

• 128

Rewrite using expanded multiplication:

• (10)(10)(10) 

• (10)(10)(10)(10) 

• (10)(10)(10) 

• (10*10)(10*10)