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 88 times) = 658749024161403555554965645286329348099949383992213388065642147121211323180859915851494130866336469386285695541095299798448835085871921210716382660939707055803041
Therefore, 69 to the power of 88 is 658749024161403555554965645286329348099949383992213388065642147121211323180859915851494130866336469386285695541095299798448835085871921210716382660939707055803041.

