Question

What is the value of ${\left(-16\right)}^2$?

Answer 1

Find the value of ${\left(-16\right)}^2$.

$\begin{array}{rcl}{\left(-16\right)}^2& =& \left(-16\right)\times \left(-16\right)\\ & =& 256\end{array}$

Hence, the value of$\begin{array}{l}{\left(-16\right)}^2\end{array}$is $256$.