Use a factor tree to find the prime factorization of 96. Write the prime factorization using exponents?

96 is obviously an even number, so we can factor out 2
= 2*48    and again ...
= 2*(2*24)
= 2*(2*(2*12))
= 2*(2*(2*(2*6)))
= 2*(2*(2*(2*(2*3))))
= (2*2*2*2*2)*(3)
= 2^5*3 = 2^5*3^1    (if you want exponents on all the factors)