If you chose to skip one entry in the table, which entry did you skip? Why?

[size=100][size=150]If you took the amount of oil consumed in 2 months in 2013 worldwide, you could make a cube of oil that measures [math]10^3[/math] meters on each side. [/size][size=150]How many cubic meters of oil is this? [/size][/size]

Do you think this would be enough to fill a pond, a lake, or an ocean?

[size=150]Andre and Elena want to write [math]10^2\cdot10^2\cdot10^2[/math] with a single exponent.[br][list][*]Andre says, “When you multiply powers with the same [b]base[/b], it just means you add the exponents, so [math]10^2\cdot10^2\cdot10^2=10^{^{2+2+2}}=10^6[/math].”[/*][*]Elena says, “[math]10^2[/math] is multiplied by itself 3 times, so [math]10^2\cdot10^2\cdot10^2=\left(10^2\right)^3=10^{2+3}=10^5[/math].”[/*][/list][/size]Do you agree with either of them? Explain your reasoning.

[math]2^{^{12}}=4,096[/math]. [br]How many other whole numbers can you raise to a power and get 4,096? Explain or show your reasoning.