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 96 times) = 338464177770582700867528197630612812643411481076411271352964279330592074344897475465841485100167185056251698842680702037916169590222050610365414966035295777475786702161805297281
Therefore, 69 to the power of 96 is 338464177770582700867528197630612812643411481076411271352964279330592074344897475465841485100167185056251698842680702037916169590222050610365414966035295777475786702161805297281.