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Ii

index notation or exponential form

• a way of representing repeated multiplications of the same number
by writing the number as a base with the number of repeats
written as a small number to its upper right.
• the small number is called an exponent, index, power or order,
e.g. 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 = 104.

EXAMPLES:
index notation or exponential form


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