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:
61 x 61 x 61 x 61 x ... (for a total of 95 times) = 40395624452276040048539735883948531913158390070115850928580697954166528298655947375696094360122450894470474048630143888882514185406433004330719583026297089444800391319701
Therefore, 61 to the power of 95 is 40395624452276040048539735883948531913158390070115850928580697954166528298655947375696094360122450894470474048630143888882514185406433004330719583026297089444800391319701.