A room contains 8 crates. Each crate contains 8 boxes. Each box contains 8 bags. Each bag contains 8 balloons.

a) How many balloons are in the room?

b) Express the numbers of balloons as a power. Identify the base and the exponent.

please help i understand a) that u have to multiply but i need help with both questions.

1 answer

a) 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 = 4096

b) 8^4