Question

How do you write 256 as an exponential?

Answer 1

`256` can be expressed as an exponential as `256^1`, `16^2`, `(-16)^2`, `4^4`, `(-4)^4`, `2^8` or `(-2)^8`

I think the answer wanted was probably `256 = 2^8`

Explanation:

`256 = 2xx2xx2xx2xx2xx2xx2xx2`

`= 2^8 = 4^4 = 16^2 = 256^1`