What is 16 squared? What does 16 squared mean? What is the answer to 16 squared? Those are the questions we tackle here!
16 squared can be written as an exponentiation where the base is 16 and the exponent is 2, like this:
162
When the exponent is 2 (aka squared) and the base is 16, you simply multiply 16 by 16 to get the answer. Here is the math to illustrate:
16 squared
= 162
= 16 x 16
= 256
Therefore, the answer to "What is 16 squared?" is
256
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 16 squared?", just picture a square where all the sides are 16. The area of the square is the same as 16 squared.
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