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:
77 x 77 x 77 x 77 x ... (for a total of 94 times) = 2138593124326030967691992528050506084291107300420860953582335155838375055527067804665280137193140228252608248260513524367511212970236060719710084250149164811905467282025400326809
Therefore, 77 to the power of 94 is 2138593124326030967691992528050506084291107300420860953582335155838375055527067804665280137193140228252608248260513524367511212970236060719710084250149164811905467282025400326809.

