Do you know what 3.3 to the second power is?

3.3 squared is 10.89, 33 X 33 = 99 + 990 = 1089 there's two numbers behind the decimal so it is 10.89

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