The exponential form is an easier way of writing repeated multiplication involving base and exponents. For example, we can write 5 × 5 × 5 × 5 as 54 in the exponential form, where 5 is the base and 4 is the power. In this form, the power represents the number of times we are multiplying the base by itself
find the prime factorization of its terms. For example, when you have numbers like 100 you need to find its prime factors and you get 5 × 5 × 2 × these prime factors can be written in the exponential form as 52 × 22