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:
41 x 41 x 41 x 41 x ... (for a total of 83 times) = 72620645976460197032673953552634054359779506241085342950837664919000737752668610611135131813923504748289654242036174915440139671432121
Therefore, 41 to the power of 83 is 72620645976460197032673953552634054359779506241085342950837664919000737752668610611135131813923504748289654242036174915440139671432121.