What is 12 to the 2nd power

Answer: 144

Step-by-step explanation: The problem shown here can be read as "10 to the 2nd," oe "12 to the 2nd power."

The 12 is called the base and the 2 that is raised up is called the exponent.

The exponent of 2 tells us that we multiply our base 2 times.

So we have 12 · 12 which is 144.

The numbers that we multiply together are called factors so in this problem, we have 2 factors of 12.