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:
94 x 94 x 94 x 94 x ... (for a total of 49 times) = 4822417719226509575466952383169887005275762378822907236122345959026296772450410542069808055189504
Therefore, 94 to the power of 49 is 4822417719226509575466952383169887005275762378822907236122345959026296772450410542069808055189504.