Hei tohu i te whakareatanga tāruarua o te tētahi tau. Ka whakanōhia te pū ki te koko whakarunga i te taha matau o te tau, ā, ko tāna, he tohu i te maha o ngā whakareatanga o taua tau ki a ia anō. Hei tauira:
Kō te pūrua: 32 = 3 x 3 = 9
Kō te pūtoru: 53 = 5 x 5 x 5 = 125
Kō te pūwhā: 24 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 16
A symbol for the repeated multiplication of a number. The power is shown at the top right hand corner of the number, and indicates how many times that number is multiplied by itself.