diff --git a/math/raiseToThePower.py b/math/raiseToThePower.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90bee3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/raiseToThePower.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# We're going to creating a function to calculate the power of a number, instead of using the pow(x, x) function
+# so we can understand a bit more about programming logic
+
+# Defining function and giving its parameters to store the values we give it
+def raise_to_power(base_num, pow_num): 
+    result = 1   # Here, we're defining a variable to store the result of the calculation that will happen later in the function
+
+    # We are going to use this loop to multiply the base number that we're to define, 
+    # an X amount of times (the amount of times of the power value)
+
+    for i in range(pow_num):
+        result = result * base_num    # In the variable 'result' we are going to store the finished calculation
+
+    return result   # We return result so we dont get a None value from the function
+
+"You can replace these values and run the program"
+print(raise_to_power(6, 4))   # We define the base and power number, first value is going to be the base and
+                                # 2nd is the power we're going to elevate it to. it can be an integer and/or float number
+
+# This is the same as writing pow(6, 4), therefore 6 to the power of 4
+ 
+
diff --git a/multiplicationTables.py b/multiplicationTables.py
index ab9085f..e64731e 100644
--- a/multiplicationTables.py
+++ b/multiplicationTables.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 while True:
 	startOrEnd = str(input('Start or End : '))
-	if startOrEnd == 'Start':
+	if startOrEnd == 'Start' or 'start':
 		whichTable = int(input('Which Table : '))
 		for x in range(1, 13):
 			table =  whichTable * x