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 96 times) = 17003262422648465088960366614860866392463416568537122415111555812259203504033277711516023648175630680404722162857300560290241264738142490386962890625
Therefore, 35 to the power of 96 is 17003262422648465088960366614860866392463416568537122415111555812259203504033277711516023648175630680404722162857300560290241264738142490386962890625.