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The power is an odd number, so it is definitely a negative number. Then, 2^5 is 32 (2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2), so the final answer is:

-32

(-2) to the power of 5 = (-2) X (-2) X (-2) X (-2) X (-2)

You multiply (-2) times itself 5 times. It's NOT (-2) X 5. That's wrong and a common mistake many people make. (-2) to the power of 5 means to multiply (-2) times itself 5 times.

Since 5 is a negative number, you know that the answer with also be negative. When you multiply it all you get (-32) as your final answer.

Andrew is right, it is -32. It is not 32 because it has to be an even amount of multiplying, i.e. 2nd power, 4th power, etc., to be positive.

-2x-2=4, 4x-2=-8, -8x-2=16, 16x-2=-32

Check -2x-2x-2x-2x-2 on the calculator.

The people that are saying otherwise are wrong.

I looked it up on my TI-84. It is not 32, 64, or -64.

With all the people giving you answers, you're probably not going to pay attention to this BUT -- next time, post what YOU Think the answer is! Your dad is having you do this for a reason -- to prepare for the upcoming school year. You are not only cheating HIM by posting this, but cheating yourself.

32

you see -2 to the fifth power is the same as whats 2*2*2*2*2 since a negative times a negative is always a positive.

so in this case the answer is : 32

hope this helps

(-2)^5 = -32 (gotten from a calculator)

or rewritten as

-2 * -2 * -2 * -2 * -2 = -32

You just do.

(-2) x (-2) x (-2) x (-2) x (-2)

:D

But don't do (-2) x 5. That's bad. Do it one at a time, first (-2) x (-2) and then keep doing that.

So the answer is -32 :)

haha nice question! I know, it is so easy to forget things over the summer, I am gonna take a wild guess...

(-2) to the 5th power = -10?

I know, I am really bad at math, I am only 11 but I tried!

-32