We have two responses for you

Hi Ericha. Use logarithms.

In general, if I have the base 10 number N and I want to express it as
a power of B, then let p = the unknown power so:

N = B^p
log(N) = log(B^p)
log(N) = p log(B)
p = log(N) / log(B).

So in your case,

p = log(1679616) / log(6)

Cheers,
Stephen La Rocque.

Hi Ericha,

My first thought was "I wonder if 1,679,616 is an integer power of 6?" I know that 6² = 36 so I used my calculator to find 36² = 1296 and then I divided 1,679,616 by 1296.

Steve's response is the "correct" method. Mine only worked because 1,679,616 is an integer power of 6.

Penny