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:
55 x 55 x 55 x 55 x ... (for a total of 93 times) = 714052465381548366366865546070052718367415513852235290094690918147438613042673488446656252480673419836192463063388158306908637396048789014457724988460540771484375
Therefore, 55 to the power of 93 is 714052465381548366366865546070052718367415513852235290094690918147438613042673488446656252480673419836192463063388158306908637396048789014457724988460540771484375.