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:
94 x 94 x 94 x 94 x ... (for a total of 96 times) = 2631927643584179554273574505526674961506508261499826256058525426706393730118284166658191173719646410689351259105258962006430802146323301779297654989060609400006104449387730112231421044064256
Therefore, 94 to the power of 96 is 2631927643584179554273574505526674961506508261499826256058525426706393730118284166658191173719646410689351259105258962006430802146323301779297654989060609400006104449387730112231421044064256.