Powers may look confusing, but it’s really just simple multiplying presented in a strange way. Here are a few example questions to show you this:

Without a calculator, calculate the value of the power 33.

So, 33 or 3 to the power of 3, can be calculated in two steps:

  1. Multiply 3 by 3, which gets you 9.
  2. Multiply 9 by 3, which gets you 27.

So our answer for this question is 27.

Now you try

Or you can download a printable worksheet here with the answers here.