Exponents

What does 10 ⁴ mean?

It means 10 multiplied 4 times

  10 ⁴ = 10 × 10 × 10 × 10

Similarly

     5 ² = 5 × 5

     2 ³ = 2 × 2 × 2

     4 ⁸ = 4 × 4 × 4 × 4 × 4 × 4 × 4 × 4

     3 ⁵ = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3

Here,

  10 ⁴ is called 10 to the power of 4

  5 ² is called 5 to the power of 2 or 5 squared

  2 ³ is called 2 to the power of 3 or 2 cubed

  4 ⁸ is called 4 to the power of 8

  3 ⁵ is called 3 to the power of 5