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The concept of “Base and Exponent” is mainly introduced to make reading and writing a huge numbers easier. | |||
For example <math>10^6=1000000</math> | |||
== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
The base of an exponent is a number that is raised to a certain power. So, the base of an exponent represents the number that is multiplied by itself. | The base of an exponent is a number that is raised to a certain power. So, the base of an exponent represents the number that is multiplied by itself. |
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The concept of “Base and Exponent” is mainly introduced to make reading and writing a huge numbers easier.
For example
Definition
The base of an exponent is a number that is raised to a certain power. So, the base of an exponent represents the number that is multiplied by itself.
The exponent represents how many times the base number is multiplied.
The power can be defined as the number obtained by raising the base number to the exponent. So, it refers to the complete expression.
In the figure, is the base , is an exponent. is the power.
Here is read in many ways
- to the power of
- raised to