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:
69 x 69 x 69 x 69 x ... (for a total of 82 times) = 6104153419169738170971431875074109315768713830080183702062712717359093603870678691389225712300247240957628874979343013141560341621136875165344463587161
Therefore, 69 to the power of 82 is 6104153419169738170971431875074109315768713830080183702062712717359093603870678691389225712300247240957628874979343013141560341621136875165344463587161.