Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 6
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1. Powers and Exponents
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Exercise 24 Page 7

An exponent is the count of times a number, called a base, is used as a factor.

43^5

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We want to write the given product as a power. 43*43*43*43*43

To 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. 43* 43* 43* 43* 43_(5 times) We can see that the number 43 is used five times as a factor. Therefore, we have 43 in the base and 5 in the exponent. With that in mind, let's write our product as a power! 43* 43* 43* 43* 43 = 43^5