You can multiply me by myself a million times, or raise me to any power you can imagine, yet my value never changes. I am neither zero nor negative. What number am I?
1
1 raised to any exponent n always equals 1 (1^n = 1).
About this riddle
Math riddles hide a calculation inside a short story. Pull out the numbers, work out what is being asked, and watch for a trick such as a unit change.
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