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Prime & Composite Numbers StudyJam

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Prime & Composite Numbers StudyJam

URL:

https://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/multiplication-division/prime-composite-numbers.htm

Content Source:

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Type:

Interactive/Game

Overview:

In this interactive activity, students will be led through steps to determine if a number is prime or composite. There are teaching activities as well as practice activities available. A handout that describes strategies taught during the interactive is available to be printed. After utilizing this resource, the students can complete the short quiz to assess their understanding.

Content Standard(s):

Mathematics
MA2019 (2019)
Grade: 4

4. For whole numbers in the range 1 to 100, find all factor pairs, identifying a number as a multiple of each of its factors.

a. Determine whether a whole number in the range 1 to 100 is a multiple of a given one-digit number.

b. Determine whether a whole number in the range 1 to 100 is prime or composite.

Unpacked Content

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:
When given a number in the range 1-100,

Find all factor pairs and recognize that a whole number is a multiple of each of its factors.
Determine whether the whole number in the range 1-100 is a multiple of a given one-digit number.
Determine whether a whole number in the range 1-100 is prime or composite.

Teacher Vocabulary:

Multiple
Factor
Prime
Composite
Whole number
Factor pair

Knowledge:

Students know:

Factor pairs include two numbers that when multiplied result in a particular product.
Multiples are the result of multiplying two whole numbers.
How to identify a prime or composite number.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Find all factor pairs of a given number.
Identify a number as a multiple of each of its factors.
Determine whether a number is prime or composite.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

A whole number is a multiple of each of its factors.
Numbers can be classified as prime, composite, or neither, based on their properties and characteristics.

Diverse Learning Needs:

Essential Skills:

Learning Objectives:
M.4.4.1: Define factors, prime number, and composite number.
M.4.4.2: Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide.
M.4.4.3: Identify all factor pairs for a whole number in the range 1-20.
M.4.4.4: Name the first ten multiples of each one-digit natural number.
M.4.4.5: Recall basic multiplication facts.
M.4.4.6: Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Prior Knowledge Skills:

Represent equal groups using manipulatives.
Identify and define the parts of a multiplication problem including factors, multiplier, multiplicand and product.
Use multiplication to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays based on columns and rows.
Write an equation to express the product of the multipliers (factors).
Relate multiplication to repeated addition and skip counting.
Define pair, odd and even.
Recall doubles addition facts with sums to 20.
Apply sign+ and = to actions of joining sets.
Model written method for composing equations.
Skip count by 2s.

Tags:

composite number, divisible, factor, multiple, prime number

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Comments

The quiz may be completed as a whole group or independently on student devices.

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Author:

Hannah Bradley

ALEX Classroom Resource

Prime & Composite Numbers StudyJam