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Monday, December 12, 2005

Could YOU pass eighth grade math?

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 9/10 correct!


The one math problem I got wrong involved a formula with a caret mark (^). I KNOW we NEVER covered that in any of my math classes back in the day. Can anybody tell me what it is and how it works in the formula? I know it's called a caret mark in the editing context, but is it called a caret in the mathematical context as well? What the heck IS this thing?

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2 Comments:

  • At 1:40 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    ^=to the power.

    E.g., (10-5)^2+12/4=??

    is 5 squared + 3 = 28

     
  • At 1:46 AM, Blogger Lucrezia Borgia said…

    Thanks! Learn something new every day ...

     

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