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:
61 x 61 x 61 x 61 x ... (for a total of 68 times) = 25259734457599301808611782864226572961985924254064170326103892319904195283816636646209202921929765138795229555595099660881
Therefore, 61 to the power of 68 is 25259734457599301808611782864226572961985924254064170326103892319904195283816636646209202921929765138795229555595099660881.