What is an exponent? Numexp means, that the number is multiplied
exp times.
exp is called exponent or power. Powers of a number are get by multiplying it by itself. For example 3
3 (3 to the 3rd power) can be written as 3 * 3 * 3 = 27. 10
2 (10 to the 2nd power) can be written as 10 * 10 = 100. So exponent
2 means that the number is multiplied two times by itself. Then it is said, that the number is "squared". Exponent
3 means that you need to multiply some number 3 times. Then it is said, that the number is "cubed".
Especial power is
1. Any number powered to 1 (
Num1) represents itself. Another especial power is
0. For any number, except 0,
Num0 is equal to 1.
34 is not equal to 3*4 = 12. It is equal to 3 * 3 * 3 * 3 = 81. But there are some trivial cases:
11 = 1 * 1 and
22 is equal to 2 * 2.
Power of ten
101 represents one zero and equal to ten,
102 represents two zeros and it is one hundred,
103 represents three zeros and equal to one thousand,
104 represents four zeros and it is ten thousands,
105 represents five zeros and equal to one hundred thousands,
106 represents six zeros and it is to one million,
109 it is one billion (1 000 000 000). | Power of two
21 represents bit and equal to 2,
28 it is octet (8 bits in abyte) and equal to 256,
210 represents one kilobyte and equal to 1024 bytes, 216 it is word on a 16-bit processor and equal to 65536,
220 represents one megabyte and equal to 1048576 bytes
224 it is the number of unique colors, which are used by usual monitors and equal to 16777216. |