To express 2 to the power of 5, we write it in mathematical notation as 25. This indicates that the number 2 is multiplied by itself a total of 5 times.
So, we can calculate it as follows:
25 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 32
Thus, 2 to the power of 5 equals 32. Exponents are a way to express repeated multiplication in a compact form, making it easier to handle larger numbers without writing out all the multiplications explicitly.