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 78 times) = 8016274509644716641787900902977713557617427571111022095682052575933971848411634880728078933567933560795659304814403982581160290785573666533527124145340416
Therefore, 94 to the power of 78 is 8016274509644716641787900902977713557617427571111022095682052575933971848411634880728078933567933560795659304814403982581160290785573666533527124145340416.