Elementary Mathematics

  MATHEMATICS QUIZ NO. 5 - EXPONENTS Directions: Perform the following: Test I. Write the following to its notation form. Example: 2x2x2 = 2 3   1. Express 2 x 2 x 2 in exponent form. 2. Write the exponent form for 3 x 3 x 3 x 3. 3. If you have 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4, how can you write it using an exponent? 4. What is the exponent form for 5 x 5? 5. Express 6 x 6 x 6 as an exponent. 6. Write the exponent notation for 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7. 7. If you have 8 x 8 x 8, how would you represent it using an exponent? 8. What is the exponent form for 9 x 9? 9. Express 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 as a power. 10. If you see 11 x 11 x 11 x 11, how can you write it using an exponent?   Test II. Write the notation for the following: Example: N = 12x12x12x12x12 Answer: 12 5 1. Write the exponent notation for the expanded form: 2 x 2 x 2. 2. If the expanded form is 3 x 3 x 3 x 3, what is the exponent notation? 3. Express the exponent form for the expanded form: 4 ...

 WHAT IS AN EXPONENT? By: Sir Pj An exponent is a shorthand way of writing a number multiplied by itself several times. It's like a little booster rocket strapped to a number, making it zoom to much bigger values! Here's how it works: Base: This is the number you're multiplying. Think of it as the rocket itself. Exponent: This is a small number written above and to the right of the base. It tells you how many times to multiply the base by itself. Think of it as the number of boosters on the rocket. For example, let's look at 5³. Here: 5 is the base (the rocket) 3 is the exponent (the number of boosters) So, 5³ means 5 multiplied by itself 3 times: 5³ = 5 x 5 x 5 = 125 The bigger the exponent, the more the base is multiplied and the faster it zooms! Here are some other examples: 2⁴ = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 16 3² = 3 x 3 = 9 10¹ = 10 x 1 = 10 (anything to the power of 1 is just itself) Exponents are used in all sorts of things, from science and e...