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:
63 x 63 x 63 x 63 x ... (for a total of 100 times) = 859122207646748720415212786780258721683540870960267706738947655539422295787680882091181482626114653152637456091641990601474111018521295858424750289461372414431396326232796267104001
Therefore, 63 to the power of 100 is 859122207646748720415212786780258721683540870960267706738947655539422295787680882091181482626114653152637456091641990601474111018521295858424750289461372414431396326232796267104001.