What is the exponent of 105?

Answer 1

Well, honey, the exponent of 105 is 1 because any number raised to the power of 1 is just the number itself. So, in this case, 105 to the power of 1 is just 105. Math doesn't have to be complicated, darling.

Answer 2

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 105 = 105^1 or 10^2.0212 or e^4.6540