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 97 times) = 208862754025291103893549722030506307840035159185066358136864739390751752973213714581100145330888003488562198990224718358613240589340493287521060551858632460253869992608057
Therefore, 57 to the power of 97 is 208862754025291103893549722030506307840035159185066358136864739390751752973213714581100145330888003488562198990224718358613240589340493287521060551858632460253869992608057.