Exponents in Excel

In this article, we will learn to get exponents in Excel.

In simple words, the exponent of a number is, the number of times the number gets multiplied.

= 2³  (In Mathematics) = 8

= 2 ^ 3 (In Excel) =  8

There are 2 ways to multiply numbers in Excel.

1. Use the Caret character ( ^)
2. Excel POWER function

Let's learn about them one by one:

Caret ( ^ ) sign is used to indicate the exponent of a number. To use this method first start with equals ( = ) sign  and then use the caret ( ^ ) sign between the numbers and exponent (power).

As shown in the above snapshot, the 2 Power of 5 comes out to be 25, which is 5 x 5.

The second method is using the Excel mathematical formula, The POWER function.

The POWER function calculates the power of a number.

Syntax:

As you can see from the above snapshot that POWER function returns the same result as the excel exponent character ( ^ ) does.

Notes:

1. The function returns the error if the argument to the function is non numeric.

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