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 		 Exploring whole numbers ( Number Operations - Names )
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Module : 1 - Capturing Data 
Unit 1      : Numbers Made Easy (  Whole Numbers ) - Indices
                           UNDERSTANDING INDICES  (& It's rules ) 		 
Repeating Factors
Indices or Exponents are used to express the repeating factors within a number.
 

Repeating factors can be found using prime factorization (see Topics ), as in this example:

The prime factorization of   48 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 3.
In this example the number 2 is repeated 4 times. We can use 2 as the base and 4 as the index shown in the example below, and say " 2 to the power 4".

Indices or exponents indicates how many times the base number appears as a factor.

  
Indices

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Exponents
      		 
Examples

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Exponents

  
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