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:
43 x 43 x 43 x 43 x ... (for a total of 100 times) = 22225193867761953571691110601598836516293852087082245263988363865938721506637874183578288471598968709879368144544915467520276764844626553280384720335225043717470001
Therefore, 43 to the power of 100 is 22225193867761953571691110601598836516293852087082245263988363865938721506637874183578288471598968709879368144544915467520276764844626553280384720335225043717470001.