Brush up your maths: answer to raising to a power exercise

What do we get if we raise 2 to the powers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6?

21 = 2
22 = 2 × 2 = 4
23 = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8
24 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 16
25 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 32
26 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 64


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