An exponent is the count of times a number, called a base, is used as a factor.
2^5
Practice makes perfect
We want to write the given product as a power.
2* 2* 2* 2* 2To do so, we should identify the base and the exponent. An exponent is the count of times a number, called a base, is used as a factor.
Let's look for both of them in the given product.
2* 2* 2* 2* 2_(5times)
We can see that the number 2 is used five times as a factor. Therefore, we have 2 in the base and 5 in the exponent. With that in mind, let's write our expression as a power!
2* 2* 2* 2* 2= 2^5