For an exact power of 2 (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, etc., but also 1/2, 1/4, etc.), you can try out different exponents until you get it right. To write any number (greater than 0) as a power of 2 is equivalent to taking the logarithm of that number in base 2, which is the same (if you call your number "n") as calculating log n / log 2 (using the same base for both logarithms - for example, both in base 10, or both in base e).
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If n= the number you want to power 2 by then 2n would be 2 to the power of n
similarly 23 is 2 to the 3rd (8)
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9 to the power of 2 = 81
Its hard to do type it out. Easier to write it. ^ means the number is raised or superscript. X = (2)^2 X (3)^3
To write powers of a number you write the number, followed by the number of the power in superscript. For example, a number to the second power is x2, a number to the third power is x3 and so on. Squaring is taking a number to the second power. Thus 20 squared is 202, which equals 400.
7 to the second power