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:
57 x 57 x 57 x 57 x ... (for a total of 100 times) = 38679920006205735403358153671995554667819631234959994062440391681991489388368367444417679214263142030057299317596686266986661864461733973395887766780355721211794945541063900001
Therefore, 57 to the power of 100 is 38679920006205735403358153671995554667819631234959994062440391681991489388368367444417679214263142030057299317596686266986661864461733973395887766780355721211794945541063900001.