5 to the power of 5, often written as 55, means multiplying the number 5 by itself a total of five times. So, this expression can be expanded as:
- 5 × 5 × 5 × 5 × 5
If we calculate this step by step:
- 5 × 5 = 25
- 25 × 5 = 125
- 125 × 5 = 625
- 625 × 5 = 3125
Therefore, 5 to the power of 5 equals 3125. This is a basic example of exponentiation, where the base (5) is raised to a power (5), which shows how many times the base is multiplied by itself.