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:
97 x 97 x 97 x 97 x ... (for a total of 82 times) = 8227771268492461824223470023415396764101632020003744078537271697214992746852007778224562278255066021500050650606026835267125559141553949008347175475615114137903809
Therefore, 97 to the power of 82 is 8227771268492461824223470023415396764101632020003744078537271697214992746852007778224562278255066021500050650606026835267125559141553949008347175475615114137903809.