3 ways to express 3 to the 5th power as the product of powers First expression => 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 - In this expression, we multiplied 3 5 times and the product is 243 Second expression => 3 ^ 5, in where ^ read as raised to the power, the product is also 243 Third expression => 3^2 x 3^3 => (3 x 3) x (3 x 3 x 3) => 9 x 27, the product also equals to 243.