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 90 times) = 550686539504217441387755932656321004505240304560779729364671244234624142259912994494595583347002074438363469229103105422788769652637116480819228968385148682364681098623581159424
Therefore, 92 to the power of 90 is 550686539504217441387755932656321004505240304560779729364671244234624142259912994494595583347002074438363469229103105422788769652637116480819228968385148682364681098623581159424.