Before diving into a discussion of powers, you will need to understand a few key
terms. Questions on the GMAT that envolve numbers with powers are considered to
be at the medium to difficult level. Learning the few simple rules to solve
these questions will increase your score exponentially.
Term:
Base
Explain:
42 = x
4 is the base, which is the number being brought to the second power; also
known as being squared.
Term:
Power, (Exponent)
Explain:
42 = x
2 is the number of times you will have to multiply 4 by itself
in order to solve this equation.
