Today we continued learning about prime and composite numbers and how they can be represented visually in arrays. We noticed the interesting phenomenon that prime numbers can be represented by two arrays (think a table with rows and columns) where each array has only one column or one row! Composite numbers have more array configurations.
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Factors and multiples
Our lesson today reviewed the concepts of factors (numbers which are multiplied together to give a product) and multiples (think skip counting, or where a number is multiplied by 1, 2, 3 … and so on). We saw how multiples are infinite but factors are a defined set and limited for a particular number. FactorsContinue reading “Factors and multiples”
Prime and composite numbers
Today we start Unit 5, focusing on the unique (and sometimes mysterious-:) numbers known as prime and composite numbers. We learned that prime numbers have only two factors: the number itself and one. Another way of describing a prime number is that it can be divide equally only by itself and one. A composite numberContinue reading “Prime and composite numbers”
Mr. J’s Math Class 