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:
95 x 95 x 95 x 95 x ... (for a total of 77 times) = 192627197959045219149345691026682428102736538678053523831729971851740601558054252621738777254518833461092701549687011830513938548392616212368011474609375
Therefore, 95 to the power of 77 is 192627197959045219149345691026682428102736538678053523831729971851740601558054252621738777254518833461092701549687011830513938548392616212368011474609375.