Read Power Math
24 2 2 2 2 16.
Read power math. Amongst mathematicians 2 to the 5 is shorthand power of being understood. Two to the sixteenth. 2 to the power 5. 8 1 8.
It is usual to say. 4 3 is read as four cubed. That is b n is the product of multiplying n bases. 2 4 could be called 2 to the fourth power or 2 to the power 4 or simply 2 to the 4th.
2 5 2 2 2 2 2 32. 149 0 1. Ironically in actual mathematical usage the formal pronunciation is not that common. Any number except 0 raised to the zero power is equal to 1.
Exponents or powers are a way of indicating that a quantity is to be multiplied by itself some number of times. 2 to the power of 5 is also acceptable but not 2 powered by 5. 2 5 is shorthand for multiply five twos together. The exponent is usually shown as a superscript to the.
3 2 is read as three squared. If a number is raised to the second power we say it is squared. So you should say. If a number is raised to the third power we say it is cubed.
In the expression 2 5 2 is called the base and 5 is called the exponent or power. 2 to the power 5 divided by 2 to the power 3. 96 is easier to write and read than 9 9 9 9 9 9. Exponentiation is a mathematical operation written as b n involving two numbers the base b and the exponent or power n and pronounced as b raised to the power of n.
Notice that the exponent tells us how many bases to multiply not how many multiplications to perform. The references say two to the sixteenth power or two to the power of sixteen but that is only done in very formal speech. When n is a positive integer exponentiation corresponds to repeated multiplication of the base. .
2 raised to the power 5. The more common way to say it in math class or in a mathematical presentation is a ellipsis of the first.