why is 6^2=36?

Answer 1

six to the second means there is an exponent
oh and wrong section

Answer 2

Because 6^2 means 6 to the second power And that means 6 times 6 making it 36.

Answer 3

it's an exponent. if you see the ^ between two number its telling you to multiply the first number by itself by the amount of times of the second number or after the ^. So here you would do 6 x 6 or 6 * 6 (same thing). 6 times 6 equals 36. Another example: say you have 3 ^ 3. The answer ISN'T 9, but it IS 27! Because 3 x 3 is 9 x 3 = 27. you multiplied the number 3 three times. hope you're not still confused. it took me a LOONNGGG time to figure this out when i was in 5th grade two years ago, and i'm pretty good @ math. if you need to search other places on the internet to get maybe a clearer understanding if neede, good luck ~ LUCY

Answer 4

6^2 stands for 6*6 which means that there are 6 sixes:

6+6+6+6+6+6 = 36

Answer 5

6^2 = 6 x its self
= 6x6
= 36

Answer 6

it means 6 times 6, and that equals 36. heres another example: 6^3 is 6 times 6 times 6. and 6^4 is 6 times 6 times 6 times 6.

Answer 7

6^2=6x6=36

Answer 8

6^2=36 >>>>>>> 6x6=36 >>>>>> meaning six should be multiplied twice by itself like 6^3=6x6x6 and 6^4=6x6x6x6

Answer 9

Because the exponent is the number of times you mulitply the base number by itself. Therefore, 6^2 would translate into 6x6 which is in fact 36.
And yes, wrong category.

Answer 10

6 x 6 = 36

the 2nd power means your multiplying 6 times itself

Answer 11

because it means 6x6, which equals 36.