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:
63 x 63 x 63 x 63 x ... (for a total of 96 times) = 54537188763861519140129451649138134835955022738916684091260535434539722137805132767813078609546145207408147337611131685114570588889371074963287872639396010339351206813296641
Therefore, 63 to the power of 96 is 54537188763861519140129451649138134835955022738916684091260535434539722137805132767813078609546145207408147337611131685114570588889371074963287872639396010339351206813296641.