Facts about Exponents

• An exponent is a number that tells how many times the base number is used as a factor. For example, 34 indicates that the base number 3 is used as a factor 4 times. To determine the value of 34, multiply 3*3*3*3 which would give the result 81.
  

• A man named Nicolas Chuquet first used exponential notation in the 15th century. in the very next century, Robert Recorde further developed the system.
  

Exponents have been around for a very long time.