A number with an exponent can be simplified by multiplying it out; 53 = 5 * 5 * 5 = 125. It is helpful to remember the values of some common exponents, especially powers of 2 (22 = 4, 23 = 8, 24 = 16, 25 = 32, etc) so that you do not have to calculate them again each time you encounter them.
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If the exponent is an even number you can drop the negative, because is you were to multiply it out the negatives would cancel out.
25 x 32
As a product of its prime factors in exponents: 2^7 = 128
As a product of its prime factors expressed in exponents it is: 23*33 = 216
Divide both numbers by 9 and it is 3/5.