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🎵 Number Theory Lesson 22: Modular Exponentiation, Decryption Style — Compute c^d mod n mess around all you want, nothing here saves
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Number Theory, Lesson 22: Modular Exponentiation, Decryption Style

Math skill: Compute c^d mod n

How the beat teaches it: Every slot gives a ciphertext c, an exponent d, and a modulus n — decryption uses the exact same modular exponentiation as encryption, just with a different exponent. Build that many notes anywhere in the kit.

This is lesson 22 of 24 in RockBlocks Math, Number Theory, a free course where every lesson turns a math idea into something you can count, hear, and play. The previous lesson, A Simple RSA-Style Encryption,” covered compute c = mᵉ mod n. Next is Lesson 23, Quadratic Residues.”

Every slot above (A, B, C, D) is its own question, and it’s a real, blank RockBlocks beat the whole time — the same drag-and-drop tiles, kit, tempo, sheet music, and drummer view as anywhere else on the site. Tap ❓ Questionin the corner to read the current slot’s problem, build your answer right in the grid, then tap ✓ Check Answerto grade it. Once you’re done, keep going: expand the beat, drop it into a Stack, or save a copy to your own page — nothing here overwrites the lesson itself, so every visitor still starts from the same blank slots.