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:
98 x 98 x 98 x 98 x ... (for a total of 63 times) = 280054637476682496000695816853686086810150655796167737941759082428657586450147615721804888266514240354094299958982604742459392
Therefore, 98 to the power of 63 is 280054637476682496000695816853686086810150655796167737941759082428657586450147615721804888266514240354094299958982604742459392.