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:
24 x 24 x 24 x 24 x ... (for a total of 84 times) = 86645159150896524759888037217040936257426486316864218191080699498339687197634601820887092594532713542970665154379776
Therefore, 24 to the power of 84 is 86645159150896524759888037217040936257426486316864218191080699498339687197634601820887092594532713542970665154379776.