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:
44 x 44 x 44 x 44 x ... (for a total of 76 times) = 79873628304227834483761708028069696744291986459533439307516244864737541708991537030901400190527093366043428456026182260883456
Therefore, 44 to the power of 76 is 79873628304227834483761708028069696744291986459533439307516244864737541708991537030901400190527093366043428456026182260883456.