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Prime and Composite Numbers: Lesson

This document provides a lesson on prime and composite numbers. It begins by defining factors and gives examples of factors of 16. It then explains how to use tiles or squares to make rectangles for numbers 2 through 20 and identify which numbers produce only one rectangle, indicating they are prime. The document defines prime and composite numbers. For composite numbers, it shows how to write them as a product of prime factors, like 24 = 2 x 2 x 3. Finally, it provides practice problems to identify factors, determine if numbers are prime or composite, and write composite numbers as products of prime factors.

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Prime and Composite Numbers: Lesson

This document provides a lesson on prime and composite numbers. It begins by defining factors and gives examples of factors of 16. It then explains how to use tiles or squares to make rectangles for numbers 2 through 20 and identify which numbers produce only one rectangle, indicating they are prime. The document defines prime and composite numbers. For composite numbers, it shows how to write them as a product of prime factors, like 24 = 2 x 2 x 3. Finally, it provides practice problems to identify factors, determine if numbers are prime or composite, and write composite numbers as products of prime factors.

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L E S S O N

Prime and Composite Numbers

Numbers multiplied to form a product are factors of the product.


8
2 8 " 16
2
factor factor product

2 and 8 are factors of 16.


What other factors of 16 can you name?

You will need Colour Tiles or


congruent squares and grid paper.
➤ Find all the different rectangles you
can make using each number
of tiles from 2 to 20.
Record each rectangle on grid paper.
Write a multiplication sentence that
describes the number of tiles in
each rectangle.
➤ For which numbers of tiles could
you make only 1 rectangle? A 2 by 1 rectangle
For which numbers of tiles could is the same as
you make more than 1 rectangle? a 1 by 2 rectangle.

Show and Share


Share your work with another group of students.
What are the factors of 2? Of 3?
What are the factors of 16? Of 20?
How could you find the factors of a number without making rectangles?

LESSON FOCUS Explore factors and prime and composite numbers. 45


➤ Suppose you have 23 Colour Tiles.
You can make only 1 rectangle with all 23 tiles.

23 has 2 factors: 1 and 23.


A number with exactly 2 factors, A prime number is a number
1 and itself, is a prime number. greater than 1 that is
divisible only by 1 and itself.
23 is a prime number.

➤ Suppose you have 24 Colour Tiles.


You can make 4 different rectangles with 24 tiles.
1 24 " 24

2 12 " 24 A composite number


can be written as a
product of prime factors:
4 6 " 24 24 " 2 2 2 3
3 8 " 24

24 has 8 factors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24.


The prime factors of 24 are 2 and 3.
A number with more than 2 factors is a composite number.

You may use Colour Tiles or counters to model your solutions.


1. List all the factors of each number. Which factors are prime factors?
a) 25 b) 30 c) 12 d) 50
e) 28 f) 100 g) 20 h) 63

2. Write 3 numbers between 30 and 50 that have:


a) exactly 2 factors each b) more than 2 factors each

3. Write 3 numbers less than 100 that have exactly 4 factors each.

4. Tell if each number is prime or composite. How do you know?


Write each composite number as a product of prime factors.
a) 59 b) 93 c) 97 d) 87 e) 73 f) 45

46 Unit 2 Lesson 5

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