What is the value of (50^2)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: 2500
An exponent of 2 means multiplying the number by itself. Thus, \(50^2=50\times50=2500\). The value 500 is only \(50\times10\), not the square of 50. Exam tip: Write both factors when finding a square to avoid place-value errors.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
2500
Why is this the correct answer?
An exponent of 2 means multiplying the number by itself. Thus, \(50^2=50\times50=2500\). The value 500 is only \(50\times10\), not the square of 50. Exam tip: Write both factors when finding a square to avoid place-value errors.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 9 Mathematics question. Chapter: Number Systems. Topic: Exponents.
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