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:
65 x 65 x 65 x 65 x ... (for a total of 95 times) = 16856557295572864307905321174838149410596798840944932709844607179084062720840497303823842790559506556440827865377984773791474431268479217127520541907870210707187652587890625
Therefore, 65 to the power of 95 is 16856557295572864307905321174838149410596798840944932709844607179084062720840497303823842790559506556440827865377984773791474431268479217127520541907870210707187652587890625.