Question

Please help! I really need help and I don't understand this ! Quick!!

Answer 1

                                                   108
                                            2               54
                                                        2           27
                                                                 3         9
                                                                          3   3

Answer 2

So you divide 108 by 2 to get 54;
then you divide 54 by 2 to get 27;
27 can by divided by 3 for 9;
and 9 divides into 3 and 3.
This means that 108 = (2)(2)(3)(3)(3), or 108 = $( 2^{2} )( 3^{3} )$