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When you have powers of 10, e.g. 102, the base is 10, so when the exponent is 2 you should not say power of 2. I believe "power of" refer to the base not to the exponent.






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    This doesn't seem to have to do with pronounciation.

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When you have powers of 10, e.g. 102, the base is 10, so when the exponent is 2 you should not say power of 2. I believe "power of" refer to the base not to the exponent.






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When you have powers of 10, e.g. 102, the base is 10, so when the exponent is 2 you should not say power of 2. I believe "power of" refer to the base not to the exponent.






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    This doesn't seem to have to do with pronounciation.

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    This doesn't seem to have to do with pronounciation.

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This doesn't seem to have to do with pronounciation.

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This doesn't seem to have to do with pronounciation.

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I pronounce 3^4 as “three to the fourth power”



You can say “base to the nth power” or “base to the power of n”



It’s important to have the whole sentence to determine if it makes mathematical sense.






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  • This isn't a question of pronunciation but on how to say a mathematical expression. I would like to edit the title to reflect this point. I hope you don't mind.

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The term power refers to the exponent, not to the base.




10 to the power 2 is 100.




However powers of 10 are the products obtained from raising 10 by various exponents. So again, power does not refer to the base.






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    also power of 2 sometimes

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  • I always hear this phrased with ordinals rather than cardinals.

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I pronounce 3^4 as “three to the fourth power”



You can say “base to the nth power” or “base to the power of n”



It’s important to have the whole sentence to determine if it makes mathematical sense.






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  • This isn't a question of pronunciation but on how to say a mathematical expression. I would like to edit the title to reflect this point. I hope you don't mind.

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I pronounce 3^4 as “three to the fourth power”



You can say “base to the nth power” or “base to the power of n”



It’s important to have the whole sentence to determine if it makes mathematical sense.






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  • This isn't a question of pronunciation but on how to say a mathematical expression. I would like to edit the title to reflect this point. I hope you don't mind.

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I pronounce 3^4 as “three to the fourth power”



You can say “base to the nth power” or “base to the power of n”



It’s important to have the whole sentence to determine if it makes mathematical sense.






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I pronounce 3^4 as “three to the fourth power”



You can say “base to the nth power” or “base to the power of n”



It’s important to have the whole sentence to determine if it makes mathematical sense.







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  • This isn't a question of pronunciation but on how to say a mathematical expression. I would like to edit the title to reflect this point. I hope you don't mind.

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This isn't a question of pronunciation but on how to say a mathematical expression. I would like to edit the title to reflect this point. I hope you don't mind.

– Mari-Lou A
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This isn't a question of pronunciation but on how to say a mathematical expression. I would like to edit the title to reflect this point. I hope you don't mind.

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The term power refers to the exponent, not to the base.




10 to the power 2 is 100.




However powers of 10 are the products obtained from raising 10 by various exponents. So again, power does not refer to the base.






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    also power of 2 sometimes

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  • I always hear this phrased with ordinals rather than cardinals.

    – chrylis
    4 hours ago
















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The term power refers to the exponent, not to the base.




10 to the power 2 is 100.




However powers of 10 are the products obtained from raising 10 by various exponents. So again, power does not refer to the base.






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    also power of 2 sometimes

    – Chase Ryan Taylor
    6 hours ago











  • I always hear this phrased with ordinals rather than cardinals.

    – chrylis
    4 hours ago














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The term power refers to the exponent, not to the base.




10 to the power 2 is 100.




However powers of 10 are the products obtained from raising 10 by various exponents. So again, power does not refer to the base.






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The term power refers to the exponent, not to the base.




10 to the power 2 is 100.




However powers of 10 are the products obtained from raising 10 by various exponents. So again, power does not refer to the base.







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    also power of 2 sometimes

    – Chase Ryan Taylor
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  • I always hear this phrased with ordinals rather than cardinals.

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    also power of 2 sometimes

    – Chase Ryan Taylor
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  • I always hear this phrased with ordinals rather than cardinals.

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also power of 2 sometimes

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also power of 2 sometimes

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