What is 4 squared? What does 4 squared mean? What is the answer to 4 squared? Those are the questions we tackle here!
4 squared can be written as an exponentiation where the base is 4 and the exponent is 2, like this:
42
When the exponent is 2 (aka squared) and the base is 4, you simply multiply 4 by 4 to get the answer. Here is the math to illustrate:
4 squared
= 42
= 4 x 4
= 16
Therefore, the answer to "What is 4 squared?" is
16
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 4 squared?", just picture a square where all the sides are 4. The area of the square is the same as 4 squared.
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