What is the answer to negative 4 to the fourth power?

-256 is not the correct answer.

To clarify:

(-4)^4 is not equal to -256.

(-4)^4 = (-4)(-4)(-4)(-4) = ?

Remember that (-4)(-4) = 16

To find the answer to negative 4 to the fourth power (-4^4), you need to apply the order of operations.

1. Begin by squaring -4, which gives you 16: (-4)^2 = 16.
2. Next, raise 16 to the fourth power (16^4). This means multiplying 16 by itself four times.
16^4 = 16 × 16 × 16 × 16 = 65,536.
3. Finally, remember that the negative sign remains throughout the calculations, so the answer to -4^4 is -65,536.

-256