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:
35 x 35 x 35 x 35 x ... (for a total of 80 times) = 3353077164822748841188787625923370388228499573110866243697217455549154293219967491214428267909397618495859205722808837890625
Therefore, 35 to the power of 80 is 3353077164822748841188787625923370388228499573110866243697217455549154293219967491214428267909397618495859205722808837890625.