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 91 times) = 3788769061239010020913659667095835279386520748356043546596773590582766333822159143647995837720672196617720464630641797774296134027289316864791070339906818993779900416
Therefore, 66 to the power of 91 is 3788769061239010020913659667095835279386520748356043546596773590582766333822159143647995837720672196617720464630641797774296134027289316864791070339906818993779900416.