for example two to the power of ten is 2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2
if you were to write what happens when you use an exponent if you were using five to the power of four it would be 5 x 5 = 25 x 5= 125 x 5 = 625
34 but the four would be smaller and would be beside the top of the three
it is the opposite of exponents so instead of multiplying by itself a number of times it divides by itself a number of times