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Finding Prime Factors

 

Students learn to break down a number into its prime factors.

As learning progresses, students work out the original number when it is written in index form.

Differentiated Learning Objectives
  • All students should be able to calculate the prime factors of a number.
  • Most students should be able to write a number as the product of its prime factors.
  • Some students should be able to use prime factors to solve long multiplication problems
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