What does a power to the number zero mean?

2 years ago

1 Reply

1479 views

Clemens Krajcik

1 Answer

Ante R Verified Sherpa Tutor ✓

Professional Engineer with years of experience, especially in tutoring

It means the same as the power to any other number. You multiply the base with itself the exponent number of times.

In the case of zero, you multiply zero with itself, so the result will always be zero regardless of what the exponent is.

I'm available for 1:1 private online tuition!

Think you can help?

Need a GCSE Maths tutor?

Get started with a free online introductions with an experienced and qualified online tutor on Sherpa.