Question

Expand and evaluate the power. 2 to the power of 8 A. 16 B. 256 C. 512 D. 1024

Answer 1

2⁸

2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 256

An easy way to do this is to put these into parts.

(2 × 2)(2 × 2)(2 × 2)(2 × 2) = 

(4)(4)(4)(4)

(16)(16) = 256

~Hope I helped!~