What is the value of (5^2)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: 25
The exponent 2 means that 5 is multiplied by itself: \(5^2=5\times5=25\). Option 10 is the product of 5 and 2, but it is not the value of \(5^2\). Exam tip: \(a^2\) always means \(a\times a\).
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What is the correct answer to this question?
25
Why is this the correct answer?
The exponent 2 means that 5 is multiplied by itself: \(5^2=5\times5=25\). Option 10 is the product of 5 and 2, but it is not the value of \(5^2\). Exam tip: \(a^2\) always means \(a\times a\).
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 9 Mathematics question. Chapter: Number Systems. Topic: Exponents.
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