GMAT Question of the Day – Problem Solving – Exponents
A. \( 10^{12,000,000} \)
B. \( 10^{6,000,000} \)
C. \( 10^{3,000,000} \)
D. \( 10^{600,000} \)
E. \( 10^{300,000} \)
GMAT Question of the Day Solution (scroll down if you only want the correct answer)
This question of the day presents an exponents work-out. First rule of GMAT: Know your fundamentals! Do you really know your exponent rules? The GMAT will push you to the limits.
Here’s a little trick: If you get confused on a question with gigantic numbers, use smaller numbers to figure out the rules.
In this case notice that we are raising to a power. That means that all of the exponents need to be multiplied. So \( 3 \times 1000 \times 1000 \times 2 = 6{,}000{,}000 \).
The answer is \( 10^{6{,}000{,}000} \).
Correct Answer: B.Show the answer
Additional Challenging GMAT Exponents Examples
Here’s a GMAT exponents puzzle from the GMAT Official Guide that almost always comes up in tutoring sessions:
And an exponents challenge from GMAT Question of the Day
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