Help your students understand prime and composite numbers with this no-prep printable booklet which contains 10 engaging activities. Explore factors and prime number using hands-on puzzles and worksheets and find prime numbers using Eratosthenes Sieve. Also includes an opportunity to bring maths to life with a cross-curricular activity - who was Eratosthenes?
Benefits:
- Boosts maths confidence and skills
- Promotes critical thinking and problem-solving
- Encourages collaboration and communication
- Includes answer keys for students to self-check answers to promote independence and save you valuable time.
- Includes activity for cross-curricular learning.
What’s inside:
- Booklet Cover to decorate
- What are Factors?
- What are Prime Numbers?
- Prime or Composite
- Finding Prime Numbers using Eratosthenes Sieve
- Eratosthenes - cross-curricular activity
- Prime Number Facts
- Prime Puzzles
- Prime Factor Plants
- Types of Number Game
- Answer Key
- Activity resources: printable dice, spinners and squares
- Teacher instructions
- A4 Size
Students will also need:
- Blocks or counters.
- 4 dice for the game
How to use:
- Print as a booklet to develop an understanding of prime numbers through individual and paired activities
- Can also be used as individual worksheets.
- Game and puzzle can be laminated for repeated use in maths stations.
- The information on the “Eratosthenes” and the “Prime Number Facts” pages could be used as a cross-curriculum comprehension activity. e.g. students could make an information page about Eratosthenes - where he lived, what life was like at that time etc.
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Investigating Square Numbers, Factors & Primes
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Update:
I’ve split the Finding Prime Numbers page into two pages to make it less cluttered.
17th June 2024: Updated to new branding
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