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:
76 x 76 x 76 x 76 x ... (for a total of 80 times) = 2918014075587746312806466480174079168345683418477613238021227743855556678472117294232419254021408755686858667017891192771429733851502946865660481765376
Therefore, 76 to the power of 80 is 2918014075587746312806466480174079168345683418477613238021227743855556678472117294232419254021408755686858667017891192771429733851502946865660481765376.