You write 32, where that two is the number of times you are multiplying 3 by itself (3 x 3 x 3 = 33) and it is to the upper right of the number. You say 32 as "three squared," 33 as "three cubed," and everything higher as you would if the power were a place in a race, so 345 is "three to the forty-fifth power."
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It would be the same as 2 to the power of 6 times 3
When you write (10 \times 10 \times 10) as (10^3), the exponent "3" indicates that the base (10) is multiplied by itself three times. The term "third power" refers to raising a number to the exponent of 3. Thus, the third power of 3 is calculated as (3^3 = 3 \times 3 \times 3 = 27).
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An exponent means "this many times." So, 4 cubed (to the power of 3; a 3 exponent.) is 4 NOT times 3, but 3 TIMES. So it is 4x4x4(=64). Or, 5 to the power of 5 is 5 times itself 5 times, so, 5x5x5x5x5(=3,125). 3 to the power of 9 is 3 times itself 9 times. Basically, the exponent tells how many times you multiply the number by itself. Does that help?
To write an exponent on a laptop you would use the "^" key. For example, "3^2" would be "three squared."