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:
93 x 93 x 93 x 93 x ... (for a total of 99 times) = 758249105831845933594546715344288617476769120250268508890936189254587920359456781681256381635348220868544500971808346750820604361621064506588359942316662865507114612000524007989494784832520237957
Therefore, 93 to the power of 99 is 758249105831845933594546715344288617476769120250268508890936189254587920359456781681256381635348220868544500971808346750820604361621064506588359942316662865507114612000524007989494784832520237957.