Post date: Aug 11, 2011 12:44:22 AM
Vocabulary Words
base - The base is the number used as a factor.
exponent - The exponent indicates how many times the base is used as a factor.
power - Powers are numbers expressed using exponents such as 42.
squared - Squared is a word used to indicate that a number is raised to the second power. For example, 32 is written, “3 to the second power”.
cubed - Cubed is a word used to indicate that a number is raised to the third power. For example, 103 is written, “10 to the third power”.