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 96 times) = 11738218566069643226489344696500717123179721577604559213783244347334205896828977055344656684386940254154214854967584643475649030475406648865882267422245575232739695464022016
Therefore, 62 to the power of 96 is 11738218566069643226489344696500717123179721577604559213783244347334205896828977055344656684386940254154214854967584643475649030475406648865882267422245575232739695464022016.

