I had a person answer one of my math questions and they put a ^in between the formula and numbers what does that mean. does it mean multiply or adding or what?
2007-06-24 17:28:45 · 6 answers · asked by knowssignlanguage 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
It means "to the power of." So if they did something like 3^2, that would mean "three squared," or 3².
2007-06-24 17:32:16 · answer #1 · answered by C-Wryte 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Raise the formula to the power of the numbers.
2007-06-25 00:33:34 · answer #2 · answered by sweetwater 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2 x 2 = 4 . . . . it means also 2^2 = 4
3 x 3 x 3 = 27. . . it means 3^3 = 27
the carret means raise to a power
2007-06-25 00:34:16 · answer #3 · answered by CPUcate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All previous answers are correct.
Plus, you might like to know that the sign is called a caret, pronounced carrot, but not to be confused with that orange thing liked by rabbits. Thoiugh there is a connection there, since if you have 2 rabbits, you soon have 2^10 rabbits.
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2007-06-25 00:38:10 · answer #4 · answered by tsr21 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
^ usually means raised to a power. For example x^2 means x squared, (x+y)^3 means the quantity x+y raised to the third power.
2007-06-25 00:32:36 · answer #5 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By convention, the ^ means "to the power of", since most text editors can't handle superscripts or subscripts.
2007-06-25 00:33:19 · answer #6 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋