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:
56 x 56 x 56 x 56 x ... (for a total of 83 times) = 12577845087205449896597440332857017088421730454652253304583785980682118581354659473337363585463867797216788413167609496046447345146461644721750016
Therefore, 56 to the power of 83 is 12577845087205449896597440332857017088421730454652253304583785980682118581354659473337363585463867797216788413167609496046447345146461644721750016.