Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program that is widely used in the business world and makes for a great calculator. It is especially useful to me because I can cut and paste data and easily. If you have Microsoft Excel on your computer, open it now.

Exponents can be entered into Excel using the carrot symbol ^.
Look at the 6 on your keyboard.
You will see the ^ as the shift option for 6

Type or copy the following into cell B2: =2^3
Mash the "Enter" button on your keyboard. What is the result?

Let's try a couple more.
Type or copy the following into cell B2: =4^4
Mash the "Enter" button on your keyboard. What is the result?

Type or copy the following into cell B2: =5^4
Mash the "Enter" button on your keyboard. What is the result?

Now, we need to make our column bigger for a huge answer!
1. Right Click the B so that all of the B column is highlighted and a submenu appears.
2. Choose column width
3. Type 50 and press OK.

Enter =2^30
Then, copy and paste the answer into the answer box below!

1. Right click the cell B2 and choose format cells
2. Choose the number tab
3. Select number
4. Change the decimal places to 0
5. Click the check box to use a separator.
6. Click "Ok"

Now we have our periods separated by commas and can easily read one billion, seventy three million, seven hundred forty-one thousand, eight hundred twenty-four!
Let's try =16^9
Copy and paste the answer below.

Mr. Mitchell says you may use Excel to do your homework tonight!