MATH HELP: what does "evaluate the power" mean??!!??!!?

Question

my math book says

EVALUATING POWERS: evaluate the powers

3^2 10^2 1^5 11^3 and so on. my teacher didn't explain it so what does it mean?!?!?! PLZ HELP!

Answer 1

she means by actually putting out the numbers instead of using the powers.cause whatever powers you have is how much of the number is.thats why it's called powers.

like 3^2 is 3x3 cause the power of 2,and you have two 3's.

or 1^3 is 1x1x1.

same thing goes for 10^2

Answer 2

I can help you! We are doing this in my Pre-Al class too.

Example: Say I have 2^3

                 (Two to the third power)

To evalute the power, is to simply just write out the multiplication part of it. So the answer would be: 2x2x2

Here is another example: 4^2

The 4 is your base number, and the 2 is your exponent. You right your base number the number of times the exponent says.

The answer would be 4x4.

Hope this helps. Any questions, e-mail me. Good luck!

Answer 3

its kind of complicated but all they want you to do is say pretty much like 3*3, 10*10, 1*1*1*1*1, or 11*11*11