Answer: First find the prime factorization of 216, then piece it back together in different ways. We are going to us multiple exponents.
216 = 6 x 6 x 6 = 2 x 3 x 2 x 3 x 2 x 3
Therefore, we could write it as:
(2^3)(3^3)
or
(6^1)(2^2)(3^2)
or
(6^2)(2^1)(3^1)
