How much is 5 to the power of 1?

The answer to the question is 5.

When we talk about a number raised to a power, we are essentially multiplying that number by itself a certain number of times, as indicated by the exponent. In this case, the exponent is 1.

To break it down:

• 5¹ means you take the number 5 and multiply it by itself 0 more times (because the exponent 1 indicates it’s just that number once).
• This simplifies to simply 5.

Therefore, 5 to the power of 1 equals 5.