What is an exponent and what does a power really mean?
The Tiny Hat's Big Secret
What is an exponent and what does a power really mean?
Some numbers come with a tiny number perched up on their shoulder, like a little hat. That tiny number is the exponent — and it's giving an instruction. Let's find out what it's quietly bossing the big number to do.
Here's the secret. The little number tells you how many times to multiply the big number by itself. That's all. When you see two with a little three above it, it means: take three twos, and multiply them all together.
