Another look at the 3 forms of Exponents.

Exponent        Expanded              Standard

form                 form                        form

Exponential Form	Factor Form	Standard Form
22 =	2 x 2 =	4
23 =	2 x 2 x 2 =	8
24 =	2 x 2 x 2 x 2 =	16
25 =	2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 =	32
26 =	2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 =	64
27 =	2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 =	128
28 =	2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 =	256

Remember: Squared means to the power of 2 and cubed means to the power of 3.