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:
27 x 27 x 27 x 27 x ... (for a total of 79 times) = 119601704370316815093156475426420811655643446371374142778498243399164563914572619949897873671922747759658511969363
Therefore, 27 to the power of 79 is 119601704370316815093156475426420811655643446371374142778498243399164563914572619949897873671922747759658511969363.