The first step a math tutor would suggest 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:
34 x 34 x 34 x 34 x ... (for a total of 65 times) = 3516653733747887484905571395749820949396267082812326251249703698546110535162463532902715566036353024
Therefore, 34 to the power of 65 is 3516653733747887484905571395749820949396267082812326251249703698546110535162463532902715566036353024.

