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:
83 x 83 x 83 x 83 x ... (for a total of 81 times) = 278821001275227507305396478792035125760868941632037553671017364357972588207581723959129271909867195623579394607796306785540729338300992515433974995318219283
Therefore, 83 to the power of 81 is 278821001275227507305396478792035125760868941632037553671017364357972588207581723959129271909867195623579394607796306785540729338300992515433974995318219283.