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Prime and composite numbers (whiteboard and individual long)

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Publish date 15/02/2008
Partner resource Prime and composite numbers (individual long)
Prime and composite numbers (whiteboard long)
Consists of... Prime and composite numbers (whiteboard and individual short)
Subject

Mathematics

Level

Key Stage 3

Resource type

Playlist

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Keywords

number , numbers , individual , prime , composite , divisor , divisors , prime numbers , prime number , (whiteboard , long) , prime and composite numbers (whiteboard and individual long)

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  Type Resource title / Teacher's and student's actions
1. Description [Description]  
Lesson description
Teacher gives the goals of the lesson.
2. Description [Description]  
A factor of a number
Teacher asks the students what a factor of a number is.
3. Description [Description]  
Definitions
Teacher writes two definitions on the board:

A prime number is a number that has two different divisors only (1 and itself).

A composite number is a number that has more than two different divisors.

Students write the definitions in their notebooks.
4. File [File]  
Sieve of Eratosthenes
Teacher gives the printed sheets to the students.

Then, teacher asks the students to cross out the numbers divisible by 2 (but keep the number 2).
Teacher asks the students to cross out the numbers divisible by 3 (but keep the number 3).
Teacher asks the students to cross out the numbers divisible by 5 (but keep the number 5).
And so on.

Teacher asks one student to read out the non-crossed numbers and tells the students that the remaining numbers are prime numbers.
5. Single activity [Single activity]  
Divisors
Teacher shows the problem and asks one student to solve the activity.
6. Single activity [Single activity]  
Prime numbers
Teacher shows the problem and asks one student to solve the activity.
7. Description [Description]  
Summing up
Teacher sums up the lesson.
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