In order to do this, we need to start factoring out prime factors. First, we can start by taking out as many twos as we can.
2*216
2*2*108
2*2*2*54
2*2*2*2*27
Next, we take out all the 3s. Our answer becomes:
2*2*2*2*3*9
2*2*2*2*3*3*3
This should be written as [tex] 2^{4}* 3^{3} [/tex]
