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:
92 x 92 x 92 x 92 x ... (for a total of 82 times) = 107300523875436888685175640762294108046641599796757824691036728975561068521630064773386640472143166414426808349028691512856994475432478721121135449738493311320064
Therefore, 92 to the power of 82 is 107300523875436888685175640762294108046641599796757824691036728975561068521630064773386640472143166414426808349028691512856994475432478721121135449738493311320064.