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:
62 x 62 x 62 x 62 x ... (for a total of 89 times) = 3333192265098283510285083627450578482939765854990064155800843757327269103024871166699006893462875085631654958315504104921929715738930368348257796499441243389952
Therefore, 62 to the power of 89 is 3333192265098283510285083627450578482939765854990064155800843757327269103024871166699006893462875085631654958315504104921929715738930368348257796499441243389952.