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:
98 x 98 x 98 x 98 x ... (for a total of 74 times) = 2242485281504484021847305704890349476874391519827464568344404438720802392024637478235645663120102131911325687749030358595666736928004842298995113984
Therefore, 98 to the power of 74 is 2242485281504484021847305704890349476874391519827464568344404438720802392024637478235645663120102131911325687749030358595666736928004842298995113984.