# Math column raise to the power

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/math-column-raise-to-the-power/24528>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [March 20, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/math-column-raise-to-the-power/24528 "2021-03-20T15:48:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Burdine\_Jr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/john_burdine_jr/32/9776_2.png) [@John\_Burdine\_Jr](https://community.glideapps.com/u/John_Burdine_Jr)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/math-column-raise-to-the-power/24528/1 "2021-03-20T15:48:55Z")

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I’m trying to penalize users with an exponentially increasing point deduction based on the amount of days past due a Mission is. I can do this in the spreadsheet (with a POWER function for instance) but the data showing past due lives in the glide database so I can’t look it up. Is there a way to do this with a glide native math column?

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/math-column-raise-to-the-power/24528/2 "2021-03-20T16:28:30Z")

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You can do exponents with `^`.

Here is most of what you can do. There might be a couple missing, but most are listed here.

> **[Math Column](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/data-editor/computed-columns/math-column#supported-calculations)**
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> Performs instant calculations on your data