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:
96 x 96 x 96 x 96 x ... (for a total of 93 times) = 22450430469634780974862699878243467401245482147387967974611060993163590840767549163419280234505609046056066005655435155676419624297144772171666161824050874585512369016744994362712129536
Therefore, 96 to the power of 93 is 22450430469634780974862699878243467401245482147387967974611060993163590840767549163419280234505609046056066005655435155676419624297144772171666161824050874585512369016744994362712129536.

