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.
Cubing a number means raising it to the power of three, while squaring a number means raising it to the power of two. When you cube a number ( x ) (i.e., ( x^3 )) and then square that result, you get ( (x^3)^2 ), which simplifies to ( x^{3 \times 2} = x^6 ). Thus, cubing a number and then squaring it results in raising the original number to the sixth power.
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.
Raising a number to the power of 1 doesn't change the number.
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.
"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