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 89 times) = 246836689407345097174578535562295942574178711461144990797750214379645671228733039816084061952588114546106170632976745994369878558718869787931874388378698664981274034176
Therefore, 76 to the power of 89 is 246836689407345097174578535562295942574178711461144990797750214379645671228733039816084061952588114546106170632976745994369878558718869787931874388378698664981274034176.