Positive number, not equal to zero, raised to a negative power is actually less than one - but not negative. (5^-2 equal 1/25 for example).  A positive number isn't equal to zero when its raised to a negative power is actually less than one, but not negative. The reason why this is, is because the negative is like to the second power and it doesn't make sense for it to be like that the symbols make a different equation. The symbols switched around make a whole different equation which means if you don't have the right equation then you can't solve the answer.
     When it's raised to another power it makes the negative number a lower number, because negative times a positive is a negative. Then you get a higher number but with a negative sign which actually means you have a loawer number, because you are deeper into the negatives. The little changes

     How can exponents be used in the real world? Exponents are a set of numbers that go on a nujmber line. The way we can use these in the real world is mostly in battle or war, or a way to locate somone that is lost. The way exponents are used are by using a grid or a table. Just like if you wanted to locate someone. If they were in the woods or somewhere where they would be hard to find, the power of exponents would help.
     First of all, they would either need to have a tracker, or either have to know where they are located exactly. Then, say they tell you a pair of numbers, the exponents, then it's your job to look at the woods which have their set of numbers. This, is just like the game battleship. You use exponents to locate down the ship or ships of the opponing team. .

     In the game below, there is many levels and different ways to play. The way we had to play was the third level. The rules were that you had to plug in what the difference was. You had to do that all the way in to the middle. 
     What got me confused was the integers. I thought that we would have to subtract what was in the middle from left to right or from top to bottom. After, figuring out that you could do the biggest number minus the smaller one I figured out more of how the game was played. Since the integers were kind of tricky then it took me a while to finish that level. The decimals and the money were pretty easy. All you had to do was subtract the bigger number from the smaller number. Since, money is decimals it was basically the same thing.