The question is worded a bit strangely (in my opinion anyway), but I think your teacher wants you to describe how exponents work.
Let's say we had the expression 
The base is 5 as its the bottom most value (think of something like the base of a tree or building). The exponent is 3.
The exponent of 3 tells the reader to multiply the base 5 by itself 3 times like so

With larger exponents, it becomes more tedious to write out all the repeated multiplications, which is why many calculators have an exponent button to save time.
849-1.5=847.5
6.8-4.8=2
847.5 divided by 2 =423.75
Answer:
72/4=18 so she could make their lunch for 18 days
Step-by-step explanation:
so it would be 6x12 for the bagels which would be 72
for the apples it would be 8x9 which is 72
the cookies would be 12x6 to get 72
and the juice boxes would be 9x8 to get 72
divide that by 4 to get 18
Answer:
irrational
Step-by-step explanation: