Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 8
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1. Exponents
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Exercise 9 Page 323

An exponent is a number or expression written above a number indicating how many times the number is being multiplied by itself.

(- 6)^2

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We want to write the given expression using exponents. Recall that an exponent 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.

(- 6) * (- 6)_(2times) We can see that the factor (- 6) is being multiplied by itself two times. (- 6)^2