Exponents
Exponents are a brand-new concept for us. You’re really going to have to think of multiplication in a new way. Pretend that I don’t know anything about exponents. Explain to me why I get a much larger product when I solve 4 to the 3rd power than when I solve 4 X 3. Use math words such as exponent, base, and power.
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exponents are great so far but a little challenging.
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:29 amfour times three equals twelve and four times four times four times four equals sixteen , sixteen is bigger than twelve
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:30 amWill, try to elaborate a little bit. Use some math vocabulary and explain to be what it means to multiply with exponents.
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:31 amI really like exponets!!! The reason you get a higer number is because when you x 4×3= 12 you take 12 and x it by three. I like exponets a lot more than regular multipacation. The base is the 4 in this problem. The power is the 3 in this problem.
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:33 amYou get a much larger product because 4×3 = 12. Also, because you have to multiply 4×4x4 when you are solving it so the product would be 64. In four times three, it is not an exponent. An exponent means to multiply a number by the power of something. The power of a number means how many times you multiply it.
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:34 amYou would get a much larger problem because 4 to the third power is going 4×4x4
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:35 amand 4×3 is just 4×3. 4×4x4 is 64 where 4×3=12. See 4 to the third power is taking 4 and multipyling it 3 times wich is 4×4x4=64 where the other one is plussing it by three which is 4+4+4=12.
A exponet is like suppose that there were 5 and 3 then you would put it like this5^3 then you would multiple 5 times 5 times 5 then you wold get a answer the base word is the 5 and the power is 3
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:36 amDear friends,
Do you think that exponents are hard? Or do you think that they are easy? Well, I am working on using them inreal life. I think that it is weird how there are so many ways to say like 9×9x9= or nine to the power of three…
Bye for now,
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:36 amhannah insley
It’s larger because in 4 X 3, you add 4 three times. In 4 to the 3rd power, you really do multiply. 4+4+4=12 in 4 X 3, in 4 to the 3rd power, 4 X 4 X 4 =32. You multiply the base by itself, times equal to the value of the exponent.
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:37 amCADE!! Good job! I like the “rasied to the power” symbol you found on the keyboard.
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:38 amYou would get a larger product because when you have 4 to the third power you are multiplying 4×4x4 is 64 and 4×3 is 12.You would get 64 and not 12 because you would first x 4×4=16 so then you would have to now x 16×4 and you would get 64,instead of just getting 3×4=12.
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:39 amI mean 4×4=16 .Then you take four and multiply it to 16.
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:39 amExponents are not really that hard . All you have to do is have a larger number then you take a smaller number and put it in the corner of it heres an example
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:40 am9^3
Brianna, What does 9^3 equal? How is it different than 9 X 3?
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:42 amYou get a much larger sum becuase 4 to the 3rd power you have to multiply 4 three times. 4×4x4=144. And 4×3=12. 4×3 is not a greater number because you you only mulitply 4×3 once, and 4 to the 3rd power you multiply 4 three times.
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:42 amI like the raised power sign!!! ^
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:42 amI think exponents are a lot easier than multiplication!!:) It is a higher number because 4×3=12 is not the right answer . Then you would times 4×4=16 then times 16×4=64 and that is a higher number than 12. So this is what 4^3 means!:)
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:43 ami love exponets. what you could do on a calculator is 4^3
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:44 amMe too:)
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:44 amYou get a bigger product when you do 4 to the 3rd power than when you do 4×3 because with this exponent 4 is the base and 3 is how many times that you need to multiply 4. For example, 4×4x4=64 and 4×3=12.
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:45 am4 to the 3rd power would be 108 because 4×4x4 is equal 4 to the power of 3. The exponents of 4×4x4 is 4^3.
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:46 amA exponent is just multiping the base number with whatever your power is.For example 4 to the power 3 is 4×4x4=64.You could aslo write it like this4^3
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:46 amI made a mistake, 4 X 4 X 4 =64
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:54 amDear Mrs.fenzel,
You get a much larger product when when you multiply 4 to the 3rd power than 3×4 because 4 to the 3rd power is 4×4x4. There are also 2 other ways to write it .
maddie
Posted September 12, 2008, 7:54 amWhen it’s 4 to the 3rd power the number is greater than 4×3 because in an exponet you would mutilply 4 3 times. In just a multiplacation it would just be 4×3 and add 4 together 3 times. An exponet would be 4×4x4. In that you would multiply the first two fours and that would equal 16 and that is already a larger number. Then you would multiply 16×4 and your final product would be 64.
Posted September 12, 2008, 8:01 amit depands on the problem really if its a division problem than yeah its sorta hard but addition multplying and subtracting are pretty easy but really it depands on the problem
Posted October 14, 2008, 11:16 am