| Term | Definition |
|---|
| base | the whole number |
| exponent | represents the power to which the base is raised |
| power | the exponent |
| square of a number | a number that is the product of a number multiplied by itself |
| 16 | the square of 4 (4x4) |
| cube of a number | the product of a number multiplied by itself 3 times. |
| 27 | the cube of 9 (9x9x9) |
| perfect square | a number that has a raational number as its square root (whole number) |
| 25 | is a perfect square of 5 |
| exponential form | a way of writing numbers using bases and exponents |
| law of exponents for division | keep the base and subtract the exponents |
| law of exponents for multiplication | keep the base and add the exponents |
| scientific notation | a way of writing numbers that are either very large or very small by using a power of 10 |
| standard form of writing a number | writing with the decimal between 0 and 1 and to a power of 10 (scientific notation) |
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