3.3^2 means 3.3 times itself 2 times or 3.3 times 3.3 or (use calculator)10.89
smaller powers (that's what 3.3^2 is, it means 3.3 to the second power) sometimes use different words to denote powers exg
x^2=x squared (square=2dimentionsl)
x^3=x cubed (cube=3 dimentionsl)
then x^4=x to the fourth, and so on
fifth, sixth, tecnth
