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:
66 x 66 x 66 x 66 x ... (for a total of 67 times) = 81178997033325670073592398268446861954008256957190205950897058334167709009834076217505383453880258217696190951583914131456
Therefore, 66 to the power of 67 is 81178997033325670073592398268446861954008256957190205950897058334167709009834076217505383453880258217696190951583914131456.

