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Exponents are shorthand for repeated multiplication of the same thing by itself. For instance, the shorthand for multiplying three copies of the number  5   three is shown on the right-hand side of of the "equals" sign in   (5)(5)(5) = 53. The "exponent", being  3   in this example, stands for however many times the value is being multiplied. The thing that's being multiplied, being  5   in this example, is called the "base". This process of using exponents is called "raising to a power", where the exponent is the "power". The expression "  53   " is pronounced as "five, raised to the third power" or "five to the third". There are two specially-named powers: "to the second power" is generally pronounced as "squared", and "to the third power" is generally pronounced as "cubed". So "  53   " is commonly pronounced as "five cubed".

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