2 to the power of 0 to 29 |
The successive powers of two from 0 to 29 are presented in the table above. The table of powers of the number 2 begins with the exponent zero. Any number to the zero power is equal to one. Therefore, 2 to the power of 0 is equal to 1. Any number to the first power is equal to itself. Therefore, 2 to the power of 1 is equal to 2.
If this table is not enough for someone, then you can look at another one, where the powers of the number 2 are presented up to the 100th power.
2 to the power of 0 to 49 |
2 to the power of 50 to 69 |
2 to the power of 70 to 89 |
2 to the power of 90 to 100 |
I hope programmers will like these tables of powers of the number 2 from 0 to 100. Mathematicians love to stick all sorts of nasty things anywhere. As a worthy student, I could not resist inserting 2 to the power “pi” and 2 to the power “e” into the table. Perhaps one of the child prodigies will find this useful. And now a little piece of theory.
Two to the second power means that the number two must be multiplied by itself. Therefore, 2 to the power of 2 or 2 squared equals four.
22 = 2 x 2 = 4
In general, the exponent shows how many identical numbers are multiplied together. So, two to the third power or 2 cubed means that three 2s are multiplied at the same time and this equals eight:
23 = 2 x 2 x 2 = 8
Two to the fourth power is equal to four twos multiplied:
24 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 16
This table of successive powers of the number 2 is very often used in programming, since it uses the binary number system.