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Advanced Math practice question

For how many integer values of x is 2ˣ greater than 10 and less than 1,000?

Answer: 6

2⁴ = 16 is the first power above 10, and 2⁹ = 512 is the last below 1,000. That gives x = 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9: six values.

Common wrong answers

If you answered 5
5 misses one endpoint.
If you answered 7
7 includes x = 10, but 2¹⁰ = 1,024 exceeds 1,000.
If you answered 9
9 is the largest such x, not the count.

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