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:
35 x 35 x 35 x 35 x ... (for a total of 98 times) = 20828996467744369733976449103204561330767685296457974958511655870017524292440765196607128969015147583495784649500193186355545549304224550724029541015625
Therefore, 35 to the power of 98 is 20828996467744369733976449103204561330767685296457974958511655870017524292440765196607128969015147583495784649500193186355545549304224550724029541015625.