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 98 times) = 23255712658709810541561304330833699959871506998612464798533130670377694999325158896591777210986795684851107725454068188288822567764912694521874079483339544658453938914789983271676836345351766016
Therefore, 94 to the power of 98 is 23255712658709810541561304330833699959871506998612464798533130670377694999325158896591777210986795684851107725454068188288822567764912694521874079483339544658453938914789983271676836345351766016.