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:
88 x 88 x 88 x 88 x ... (for a total of 98 times) = 36249487489846235664993537857220165323709742120057628147854413691596310901964051710966434960700797759392224075378642270699927462084905524454091122505782316496620158230116790727616558849327104
Therefore, 88 to the power of 98 is 36249487489846235664993537857220165323709742120057628147854413691596310901964051710966434960700797759392224075378642270699927462084905524454091122505782316496620158230116790727616558849327104.