A number does not have an exponent in isolation. It has an exponent in the context of a base. The same number can have different combinations of base and exponent. A base cannot be zero but usually it is restricted to positive real numbers. In higher mathematics, the most common base is the irrational (even transcendental) number e = 2.71828...Thus 216 = 216^1 or 10^2.3345 or e^5.3753 or 6^3 or 36^1.5 and so on.
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6 times 6 times 6 can be written in exponential form as ( 6^3 ), where the base is 6 and the exponent is 3. This means that you are multiplying 6 by itself 3 times, resulting in the value of 216.
Exponential form
169 = 132
base is a number used as the factor in exponential form.
A number is in exponential form when it is written with a base and an exponent.