Question

numbers expressed using exponents are called (blank)

Answer 1

Exponents express how many times a number - called the base - is multiplied by itself. For example, the exponent 2, commonly referred to as ‘squaring’, means a number must be multiplied by itself twice.

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

Powers.

Explanation:

When a number is raised to an exponent, there are different pieces to it. The number that gets raised, or multiplied by itself, is called the base. The number of times it is multiplied is called the exponent.

Together, however, this is called a power. For example, if we have 2⁷, this is "two to the seventh power."