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Starter quiz

Here is $6^9$ . What does the number 9 represent?
- the base
- the exponent ✓
- the factor
- the multiple
Here is $3^5$ . What does this mean?
- 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3
- $3\times3\times3\times3\times3$ ✓
- $3\times4$
- 3 lots of 5
How would you pronounce $5^8$ ?
- Five to the power of eight ✓
- Five multiplied by eight
- Eight to the power of five
- Five squared four times
Alex says, " $1^{100}$ is 100 as there is only one 100". Select the statement which explains if Alex is correct or not.
- $1^{100}$ is 100 as it means $1\times100$ so Alex is correct
- $1^{100}$ is 100 as it means 100 ones added together so Alex is correct
- $1^{100}$ is 1 because 1 times by itself 100 times is 1 so Alex is incorrect ✓
- $1^{100}$ is 1 because 1 times by itself 100 times is 100 so Alex is correct
Starting with the smallest, put these numbers in ascending order of size.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  $1^8$
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  $2^3$
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  $3^2$
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  $12^1$
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  $5^2$
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  $10^2$
The square root of the square root of 81 is ______
- '3' ✓