Comments on: Exponents

By: sophie

sophie — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:16:45 +0000

it 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

By: Chadbob

Chadbob — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:01:27 +0000

When 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.

By: maddie:)

maddie:) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:54:29 +0000

Dear 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

By: Timothy

Timothy — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:54:05 +0000

I made a mistake, 4 X 4 X 4 =64

By: tristin.a

tristin.a — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:46:49 +0000

A 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

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:46:17 +0000

4 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.

By: drew.c

drew.c — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:45:36 +0000

You 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.

By: Coley

Coley — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:44:43 +0000

Me too:)

By: hanna

hanna — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:44:10 +0000

i love exponets. what you could do on a calculator is 4^3

By: Coley

Coley — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:43:01 +0000

I 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!:)