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In the expression 5^2, the 2 represents the

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Exponent: amount of times a number is being multiplied

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In the expression 5^2, the two represents the exponent and the 5 is the base. The exponent shows how many times you have to multiply the base. So 5^2 is equal to 5*5 which equals 25. Hope this helps! =)
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