What is 3 squared? What does 3 squared mean? What is the answer to 3 squared? Those are the questions we tackle here!
3 squared can be written as an exponentiation where the base is 3 and the exponent is 2, like this:
32
When the exponent is 2 (aka squared) and the base is 3, you simply multiply 3 by 3 to get the answer. Here is the math to illustrate:
3 squared
= 32
= 3 x 3
= 9
Therefore, the answer to "What is 3 squared?" is
9
For future reference, note that "squared" means that the exponent is 2 regardless of what the base is. Furthermore, when you get a problem like "What is 3 squared?", just picture a square where all the sides are 3. The area of the square is the same as 3 squared.
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