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 89 times) = 264274918261584826947339352857372462425801363228483718413522930067911213927658852916490216900208091999058268584121833555400371551513671875
Therefore, 35 to the power of 89 is 264274918261584826947339352857372462425801363228483718413522930067911213927658852916490216900208091999058268584121833555400371551513671875.