Question

How do you do this problem?

Answer 1

2x2x2 = 8

How many 2s are there?

3 so the answer is 3

Answer 2

The x is called power, in order to find it you count how many times you need to repeat the 2 in order to get 8.

x = 3

Because $2^{3}$ = 8, this means you repeated the number 2 three times to get 8.

In other words, you multiply 2 by itself three time like this: 2 × 2 × 2 = 8