Arithmetic of Computers

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Lesson 1

The Powers of Numbers

A little exponent goes a long way!

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Your answer :

3⁴ = 3 × 4 = 12.

You aren’t paying attention. You simply used the numbers 3 and 4 as factors. The symbol 3⁴ means

use this number as a factor → 3^{4 ← this many times}

In other words, you are to form a product by using 3 as a factor four times.

Now return to Page 10 and try again.