A power is a number or expression written above a number indicating how many times the number is being multiplied by itself.
5^3
Practice makes perfect
We want to write the given expression as a power. Recall that a power is a number or expression written above a number indicating how many times that number is being multiplied by itself. Let's consider the given expression.
We can see that the factor 5 is being multiplied by itself three times.
5^3