McGraw Hill Glencoe Algebra 1, 2012
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2. Order of Operations
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Exercise 40 Page 13

a^3=a* a* a

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The expression 12^3, or "12 cubed," means that we need to multiply 12 by itself 3 times.

12^3=12* 12* 12 To evaluate this using a calculator, we can either type 12^3 or 12* 12* 12. In both cases we get the same answer.