diff --git a/snippets/isArmstrongNumber.md b/snippets/isArmstrongNumber.md
index af6ba739b..ab6d7a6e0 100644
--- a/snippets/isArmstrongNumber.md
+++ b/snippets/isArmstrongNumber.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Convert the given number into an array of digits. Use `Math.pow()` to get the ap
 
 ```js
 const isArmstrongNumber = digits =>
-  (arr => arr.reduce((a, d) => a + Math.pow(parseInt(d), arr.length), 0) == digits)(
+  (arr => arr.reduce((a, d) => a + parseInt(d) ** arr.length, 0) == digits)(
     (digits + '').split('')
   );
 ```
diff --git a/snippets/standardDeviation.md b/snippets/standardDeviation.md
index fe26f58f2..09d1d7981 100644
--- a/snippets/standardDeviation.md
+++ b/snippets/standardDeviation.md
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ You can omit the second argument to get the sample standard deviation or set it
 const standardDeviation = (arr, usePopulation = false) => {
   const mean = arr.reduce((acc, val) => acc + val, 0) / arr.length;
   return Math.sqrt(
-    arr
-      .reduce((acc, val) => acc.concat(Math.pow(val - mean, 2)), [])
-      .reduce((acc, val) => acc + val, 0) /
+    arr.reduce((acc, val) => acc.concat((val - mean) ** 2), []).reduce((acc, val) => acc + val, 0) /
       (arr.length - (usePopulation ? 0 : 1))
   );
 };