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:
44 x 44 x 44 x 44 x ... (for a total of 96 times) = 59082238667433562919237322905794950604360820752232547707520660657475875999063240223092889381271382485153772003506081478429275789126337675937637172923707949056
Therefore, 44 to the power of 96 is 59082238667433562919237322905794950604360820752232547707520660657475875999063240223092889381271382485153772003506081478429275789126337675937637172923707949056.