Taking a number to the second power is known as "squaring" the number.
"The square" or "second power".
To calculate the volume of a cube, you use the third power of the length, so for example, if the length of an edge of a cube is 3" then the volume is 3x3x3 = 27 cubic inches. As a result, any time a number is raised to the third power, we can call it cubed, much as raising it to the second power is that number squared.
A power.
It is the positive form of the number raised to that power, multpilied by -1 raised to that power.
Cubed typically refers to raising a number to the third power, while squared refers to raising a number to the second power. If we let "x" represent a number, then "cubed" can be written as (x^3) and "5 squared" as (5^2 = 25). Therefore, "cubed subtracted by 5 squared" can be expressed as (x^3 - 25).
That is also called "squaring the number", or "raising the number to the second power".
Raising a number to the second power means you are squaring the number, multiplying it by itself. 2 squared= 2*2=4 3 squared=3*3=9
Is basically doubling the number. For example 2 to the second power is 4.
It is loosely called "cubing" the number.
A number produced by raising a base to an exponent is called?
multiply the number by itselfRaising a number to the second power means you are squaring the number, multiplying it by itself. 2 squared= 2*2=43 squared=3*3=9
Raising a number to the third power is referred to as cubed.
In classical times, the second power was described in terms of the area of a square. This led to the use of the term squareto mean raising to the second power.
Raising a number to the power of 1 doesn't change the number.
"The square" or "second power".
To calculate the volume of a cube, you use the third power of the length, so for example, if the length of an edge of a cube is 3" then the volume is 3x3x3 = 27 cubic inches. As a result, any time a number is raised to the third power, we can call it cubed, much as raising it to the second power is that number squared.
The common term for raising a base to the second power is to square it.Base^2