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Question 994618: How do I helped a 6th grader learning numbers to power?...exmolesexamples: 2 to the third power; 5 to the fifth power; etc. What is the simple process for this grade level?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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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.

2%5E3 means 2%2A2%2A2.

5%5E5 means 5%2A5%2A5%2A5%2A5.

Another example, ten to the second power is 10%5E2 which is same as 10%2A10, which is the product, 100.

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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.