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What does the base and exponent mean in math?
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What does the base and exponent mean in math?

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The base is the number that the exponent affects/being multiplied by.

The exponent is a tiny number on the top right of the base, which identifies how many times the base will be multiplied.

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base is what number is being multiplied
exponent is small number above the base
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