SOLUTION: How do I helped a 6th grader learning numbers to power?...<s>exmoles</s>examples: 2 to the third power; 5 to the fifth power; etc. What is the simple process for this grade level?

Question 994618: How do I helped a 6th grader learning numbers to power?...~~exmoles~~examples: 2 to the third power; 5 to the fifth power; etc. What is the simple process for this grade level?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The "power" is a normal counting number; so "third power" really means 3; "fifth power" really means 5. Those are telling the exponent to use on the (base) number.

means .

means .

Another example, ten to the second power is which is same as , which is the product, .

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Multiplication is a shortcut for expressing repeated addition of a number.
Exponentiation (at least using whole number exponents) is a shortcut for expressing multiplication of a repeated factor.
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