Being rusty at school math, I was going to ask you how to solve that, then decided to google it. I typed "5 to the power of 2.5", and after a few clicks, got t

Being rusty at school math, I was going to ask you how to solve that, then decided to google it. I typed "5 to the power of 2.5", and after a few clicks, got this (with 'math solver' shown in the search box: https://www.google.com/search?q=5%5E(2.5) https://www.google.com/search?q=5%5E(2.5) There is a button to show solving steps. There is also a Quora answer that shows two different ways of solving it, using properties of exponents. Cool. Now I need to go brush up on my school math. :)