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:
99 x 99 x 99 x 99 x ... (for a total of 94 times) = 38878391807422713251795917200248452420287385415023899339986140944748970969783174323558256401703307950450615843982693865630047744705587834926055157477168049433875686722646045361636099700601
Therefore, 99 to the power of 94 is 38878391807422713251795917200248452420287385415023899339986140944748970969783174323558256401703307950450615843982693865630047744705587834926055157477168049433875686722646045361636099700601.