What is 5 squared? What does 5 squared mean? What is the answer to 5 squared? Those are the questions we tackle here!
5 squared can be written as an exponentiation where the base is 5 and the exponent is 2, like this:
52
When the exponent is 2 (aka squared) and the base is 5, you simply multiply 5 by 5 to get the answer. Here is the math to illustrate:
5 squared
= 52
= 5 x 5
= 25
Therefore, the answer to "What is 5 squared?" is
25
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 5 squared?", just picture a square where all the sides are 5. The area of the square is the same as 5 squared.
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