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 99 times) = 178636698076861264171575590751178792459082927709674189100836895412437719661986233433729840682609830891731622642421618443216551274880248656201794939408954973
Therefore, 37 to the power of 99 is 178636698076861264171575590751178792459082927709674189100836895412437719661986233433729840682609830891731622642421618443216551274880248656201794939408954973.