What is the value of 2 to the power 50?

Answer 1

Lets take a short cut that can be beneficial to working with larger powers.

1. Lets reduce the 50 to 10 to start.

210 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 1024.

2. Now you can take that 1024 and multiply it by 1024.

1024 x 1024 = 1,048,576

Which is now the same as 220

3. Again take your 1,048,576 and multiply it by the same value as before.

1,048,576 x 1024 = 1,073,741,824

Which is now the same as 230

4. Same as before. Take the value from #1 and multiply it to the value of #3

1,073,741,825 x 1024 = 1,099,511,628,800

Which is now the same as 240

5. Finally we do the same as above.

1,099,511,628,800 x 1024 = 1,125,899,907,891,200

Which is the same as 250

So the answer is: The value of 2 to the power of 50 is 1,125,899,907,891,200