Exponents

Exponents provide a compact and efficient way of representing repeated multiplication. These tools are fundamental to algebra and broader areas of mathematics, including scientific computation, scaling laws, and dimensional analysis.

Exponent Rules and Properties

Exponential notation expresses the repeated multiplica...

A cube with 1-meter sides has a volume of 1 cubic meter—or, one to the third power.

Scaling up the edge to 2 meters increases the volume to 8 cubic meters.

The number being multiplied is the base, and the exponent shows how many times it’s multiplied by itself.

Stacking two identical 2-meter cubes doubles the volume. The total ...