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:
96 x 96 x 96 x 96 x ... (for a total of 100 times) = 1687031935884965030423865513001811026747194505266742417112773243035088793573924838842984610630991784467694332097273458389727477718575850821326229891871032151386690763060738361583538557010745413861376
Therefore, 96 to the power of 100 is 1687031935884965030423865513001811026747194505266742417112773243035088793573924838842984610630991784467694332097273458389727477718575850821326229891871032151386690763060738361583538557010745413861376.