MathXplosion

The Power of the Power of Two

Mathemagician Eric demonstrates the amazing power of two that can turn one gold coin into over one billion coins in one month. It's not magic... it's math! The Educational Gist: The concept of exponents- how many times the multiplication number is multiplied by itself is introduced in a visual way to emphasize how growth occurs quickly when powers are involved telling us how many times to multiply the number by itself: (21= 2, 22= 4, 23= 8, 24= 16, 25= 32, 26= 64 and so on).