Evaluate:

By prime factorization method we get;


2



216



2



108



2



54



3



27



3



9



3



3




1



216 = 2 ×2 ×2 ×3 ×3 ×3


= (2 ×2 ×2) × (3 ×3 ×3)


= - (2 ×3) = - 6


9