McGraw Hill Glencoe Algebra 1, 2012
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2. Order of Operations
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Exercise 3 Page 12

a^5=a* a* a* a* a

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The expression 3^5 means that we should multiply 3 by itself 5 times.

3^5=3* 3* 3* 3* 3 To calculate this we can either type 3^5 or 3* 3* 3* 3* 3 into a calculator.