Exponents are also called Powers or Indices. The exponent of a number says how many times to use the number in a multiplication. In this example: 82 = 8 × 8 = 64. Try it yourself: So an Exponent saves us writing out lots of multiplies! Example: a7. Notice how we wrote the letters together to mean multiply? We will do that a lot here. More @Wikipedia
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