What is the value of (12^2)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: 144
Here, \(12^2\) means the square of 12, that is, \(12 \times 12\). Since \(12 \times 12 = 144\), the correct answer is 144. A number such as 132 is not obtained by squaring 12. Exam tip: Read \(n^2\) as \(n \times n\) before multiplying.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
144
Why is this the correct answer?
Here, \(12^2\) means the square of 12, that is, \(12 \times 12\). Since \(12 \times 12 = 144\), the correct answer is 144. A number such as 132 is not obtained by squaring 12. Exam tip: Read \(n^2\) as \(n \times n\) before multiplying.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 9 Mathematics question. Chapter: Number Systems. Topic: Exponents.
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