Whole number exponents with integer bases

The topic  appears under the 7th Grade Math Mission. This exercise continues practice with interpretation of exponents, now expanding to integers as bases.

Types of Problems
There are two types of problems in this exercise:


 * 1) Find the value: This problem has a numerical exponential expression and asks the student to find the correct answer and write it in the space provided.Pewpanb1.png
 * 2) Select correct interpretation: This problem gives either a repeated multiplication expression or an exponential expression. The student is asked to convert to the other form and select the corresponding answer from the multiple choice list.Pewpanb2.png

Strategies
To complete this exercise the main thing to keep in mind is that exponents are an abbreviation for repeated multiplication.
 * 1) The expression a^b can be interpreted as a being multiplied by itself b many times.
 * 2) When entering answers in a textbox, pressing enter on the keyboard will submit the answer more quickly than clicking a mouse button.
 * 3) The Select correct interpretation problem requires a correct expression, not an expression that is equivalent to. For example, 1*1*1=1^3=1^2, however, 1^3 is the "correct interpretation" although 1^2 evaluates to the same value.