An exponent is the count of times a number, called a base, is used as a factor.
11^5
Practice makes perfect
We want to write the given product as a power.
11*11*11*11*11To 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.
11* 11* 11* 11* 11_(5 times)
We can see that the number 11 is used five times as a factor. Therefore, we have 11 in the base and 5 in the exponent. With that in mind, let's write our product as a power!
11* 11* 11* 11* 11 = 11^5