Find the Prime Factorization 243

$243$

Step 1

$243$ has factors of $3$ and $81$ .

$3 \cdot 81$

Step 2

$81$ has factors of $3$ and $27$ .

$3 \cdot 3 \cdot 27$

Step 3

$27$ has factors of $3$ and $9$ .

$3 \cdot 3 \cdot 3 \cdot 9$

Step 4

$9$ has factors of $3$ and $3$ .

$3 \cdot 3 \cdot 3 \cdot 3 \cdot 3$