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 88 times) = 1004041624939727383870901601206528563577639537160574544218566264768947740467566605296861300842766629243044441056348887669089791956249865121
Therefore, 37 to the power of 88 is 1004041624939727383870901601206528563577639537160574544218566264768947740467566605296861300842766629243044441056348887669089791956249865121.