An acceptable way to type an exponent is to use the caret symbol (^). Example: Write 3 to the power of 2 as 3^2.If possible, superscripts are normally used.Example: write 10 to the power of 5 as 105.
To type an exponent when typing on a computer, you can choose of 2 methods:
The first method is ** usually inside brackets which makes it useless once you know that
The second method is ^