Powers

• What are Powers?


  shorthand way of writing repeated multiplication using the same number.
• 4x4x4 


  (In Power terms, it is read as ‘four to the power of three’)
• What are Powers? (2)

  A Power is the small floating number that goes to the right of a number or letter.
• Powers also known as?

  exponents
• Does Powers express how many times a number is multiplied by itself?

  Yes
• 5x5x5x5

  (in Powers term, it is read as ‘5 to the power of 4’).