How do you simplify 5 to the third power

This is about circle theorems. someone asap : (

Onnie is considering doing some long term investing with money that she inherited. she would like to have $50,000 at the end of 30 years. approximately how much money would lonnie need to put into an account earning 6% interest compounded annually in order to meet her goal?

Mrs. avila is buying a wallpaper border to go on all of her kitchen walls. she wants to buy 5 extra feet of wallpaper border than she needs to be sure she has enough. she buys 55.5 feet of the border. the store owner selling the border uses the width of mrs. avila's kitchen to determine that the length of her kitchen must be 14.5 feet.