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:
52 x 52 x 52 x 52 x ... (for a total of 94 times) = 201518212234646571246369952114178169870112665555090257436404368353016346200764781910517943982592189608157356749804909262169865398966475202258722707804402151849984
Therefore, 52 to the power of 94 is 201518212234646571246369952114178169870112665555090257436404368353016346200764781910517943982592189608157356749804909262169865398966475202258722707804402151849984.