Factors, Prime and Composite Numbers

What is a factor?

• "Factors" are the numbers you multiply to get another number. For instance, factors of 15 are 3 and 5, because 3×5 = 15

• A factor is a number written in word form

• "Factors" tell you facts about all the numbers in the world

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Which number is a factor of 10?

• 3

• 5

• 4

• 8

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Which number is NOT a factor of 10?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 5

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Is 3 a factor of 12?

• yes
• no

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Is 6 a factor of 24?

• Yes

• No

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Prime numbers have:

• Exactly 2 factors
• 2 pairs of factors
• More than 2 factors
• 1 factor

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Composite numbers:

• Are always bigger than prime numbers
• Have more than 2 factors
• Have 2 pairs of factors
• Don't have factors

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Which of these numbers is a prime number?

• 15

• 17

• 21

• 39

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Which list is only composite numbers?

• 1, 3, 4

• 3, 4, 6

• 4, 6, 8

• 5, 6, 8

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Four students each made a list of prime numbers.
Eric:   5, 7 17, 23
Maya:  3, 5, 13, 17
Bella:  2, 3, 17, 19
Joan:  7, 11, 13, 21
Who made an error and included a composite number?

• Eric
• Maya
• Bella
• Joan

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