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 94 times) = 5708776242661239532722246684644441133389932183853267451694122553221765315266692776340564494875736742350225372984641443192432213221185061892069435918989227575579661276256890713703277711169
Therefore, 97 to the power of 94 is 5708776242661239532722246684644441133389932183853267451694122553221765315266692776340564494875736742350225372984641443192432213221185061892069435918989227575579661276256890713703277711169.