Question

What number raised to the 5th power equals 32?

Answer 1

`root(5)32 = 2`

`2^5= 32`

Explanation:

In questions dealing with indices, powers, roots of numbers, it is always useful to express a number as the product of its prime factors. If you know what a number is made up of, you know everything there is to know!

32 = 2x2x2x2x2 = `2^5`

It will be to your advantage to learn all the powers up to 1000.