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:
37 x 37 x 37 x 37 x ... (for a total of 74 times) = 111410873934682069828319789036660887707435461245019175675996806428664416993713662848846590337111946549061897587295289
Therefore, 37 to the power of 74 is 111410873934682069828319789036660887707435461245019175675996806428664416993713662848846590337111946549061897587295289.