The first step is to understand what it means when a number has an exponent. The “power” of a number indicates how many times the base would be multiplied by itself to reach the correct value.
The second step is to write the number in the base-exponent form, and lastly calculate what the final result would be. Consider the example of 2 to the power of 4: in exponent form that would be
So re-applying these steps to our particular problem, we first convert our word problem to a base-exponent form of:
To simplify this, all that is needed is to multiply it out:
23 x 23 x 23 x 23 x ... (for a total of 98 times) = 28140248594259053674464190144725433330788505961817332110731546709305166878146184030533818796365494904033037036256044065897013653175569
Therefore, 23 to the power of 98 is 28140248594259053674464190144725433330788505961817332110731546709305166878146184030533818796365494904033037036256044065897013653175569.