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# Values Written as Powers

## Find products of repeated values.

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Cherry is training to be an interior designer. One of her projects is to make notes on every room in which she spends time. Cherry soon gets sick of writing down all the dimensions: 18 feet wide x 18 feet long x 18 feet high. Is there an easier way for Cherry to note down all the same information?

In this concept, you will learn how to write the product of repeated values using powers.

### Exponents

Factors are a sequence of numbers that are multiplied by each other, like , where 2, 3, and 4 are factors, or , where 5, 5, 5, and 5 are factors.

Repeated factors can be rewritten as a power using an exponentRemember, the exponent is the little number that tells you how many times to multiply the base by itself.

Consider this expression:

There are three 7’s being multiplied. Since 7 is the number being multiplied, the base is 7. Since the 7 is multiplied by itself 3 times, the exponent (also called the power) is 3.

### Examples

#### Example 1

Earlier, you were given a problem about Cherry and her lengthy dimensions.

Cherry wants to know an easier alternative to writing 18 feet wide x 18 feet long x 18 feet high.

You now know that when the same number, or factor, is being multiplied repeatedly, you can represent that with an exponent.

In Cherry’s case, the base number is 18, and she is multiplying it 3 times, so 3 is the exponent. There is also a particular way to express the exponent 3: you can say the number is "cubed". In this case, since the units, feet, are multiplied by themselves three times also, the resulting units are "feet cubed" or "cubic feet".

Cherry can now make her notations much faster by writing 183 ft3, or 18 cubed, cubic feet.

#### Example 2

Write the following as a base with an exponent.

First, look at what number is being multiplied by itself, in this case, 4. That number is the base.

Next, write the base, 4, as a full-size number.

Then, write the power (also 4 in this case, since the base is repeated 4 times), as a small number above and to the right of the base.

#### Example 3

Write the following as a base with an exponent.

First, look at what number is being multiplied by itself. In this case, 6. This is the base.

Next, write the base, 6, as a full-size number.

Then, write the power, 4 in this case, as a small number above and to the right of the base.

#### Example 4

Write the following as a base with an exponent.

First, look at what number is being multiplied by itself. In this case, 2. That means 2 is the base.

Next, write the base, 2, as a full-size number.

Then, write the power, 7 in this case, as a small number above and to the right of the base.

The solution is .

#### Example 5

Write the following as a base with an exponent.

First, look at what number is being multiplied by itself. In this case, 3. This is the base.

Next, write the base, 3, as a full-size number.

Then, write the power, 2 in this case, as a small number above and to the right of the base.

### Review

Write each repeated factor using an exponent.

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### Vocabulary Language: English

Base

When a value is raised to a power, the value is referred to as the base, and the power is called the exponent. In the expression $32^4$, 32 is the base, and 4 is the exponent.

Cubed

The cube of a number is the number multiplied by itself three times. For example, "two-cubed" = $2^3 = 2 \times 2 \times 2 = 8$.

Exponent

Exponents are used to describe the number of times that a term is multiplied by itself.

Power

The "power" refers to the value of the exponent. For example, $3^4$ is "three to the fourth power".

Squared

Squared is the word used to refer to the exponent 2. For example, $5^2$ could be read as "5 squared". When a number is squared, the number is multiplied by itself.

Whole Numbers

The whole numbers are all positive counting numbers and zero. The whole numbers are 0, 1, 2, 3, ...