An exponent is the count of times a number, called a base, is used as a factor.
8^4
Practice makes perfect
We want to write the given product as a power.
8 * 8 * 8 * 8To 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.
8* 8* 8* 8_(4 times)
We can see that the number 8 is used four times as a factor. Therefore, we have 8 in the base and 4 in the exponent. With that in mind, let's write our product as a power!
8* 8* 8* 8= 8^4