What is 12 squared? What does 12 squared mean? What is the answer to 12 squared? Those are the questions we tackle here!
12 squared can be written as an exponentiation where the base is 12 and the exponent is 2, like this:
122
When the exponent is 2 (aka squared) and the base is 12, you simply multiply 12 by 12 to get the answer. Here is the math to illustrate:
12 squared
= 122
= 12 x 12
= 144
Therefore, the answer to "What is 12 squared?" is
144
For future reference, note that "squared" means that the exponent is 2 regardless of what the base is. Furthermore, when you get a problem like "What is 12 squared?", just picture a square where all the sides are 12. The area of the square is the same as 12 squared.
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