To break the school's record, the girl's time had to be faster than 12 2/5 minutes. Did girls break the record? If so, how much faster were they? If not, how much slower were they ?

An is a number that is written without a component. it is a number that is either or . an exponent is a or a number that another number is being to. the number that is being raised to a is called the . the or power tells you how many times to the base by . if an exponent is fractional then ask yourself the question: what when multiplied by itself a certain number of times will equal the number?