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An exponent is a small superscript number that tells you how many times a number is multiplied by itself. For example, if you have the number 4 and you want to multiply it by itself five times you could write it out as follows:
4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 =
This can become too long to always write out so we use a shortcut using a superscript number. In this case the superscript number would be “5” because we want to multiply 4 times itself five times. To show this using a superscript it will look like:
45
45 = 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4
We then solve it as: 4 x 4 = 16 x 4 = 64 x 4 = 256 x 4 = 1024
45 = 1024
We can then add and/or subtract using exponents as follows:
32 + 73 =
3 x 3 = 9
7 x 7 = 49 x 7 = 343
9 + 343 = 352
32 + 73 = 352
8 x 8 = 64
2 x 2 = 4 x 2 = 8
64 + 8 = 72 - 14 = 58
82 + 23 - 14 = 58