West Contra Costa Unified School District
Simplifying Radicals – Day 1
It doesn't get simpler than this. Scholars first learn to simplify radicals by determining the prime factors of the radicand. The instructional activity progresses to simplifying radicals involving algebraic expressions in the radicand.
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Factors
In this set of factors worksheets, students explore factoring, prime numbers, highest common factor, least common multiple, and exponents and powers. There are seventeen total problems on four separate worksheets. There is an answer sheet.
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Prime and Composite Numbers
Students explore the concept of prime and composite numbers. For this prime and composite numbers lesson, students discover what makes a number prime or composite. Students then practice identifying primes and composites on the provided...
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Greatest Common Factor: Using the Factor Tree
Students find the greatest common factor of two numbers. In this algebra lesson, students use prime factorization to find their factor to simplify equations. they create a factor tree to find the factors of composite numbers.
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Greatest Common Divisor
In this greatest common divisor worksheet, students use prime factorization to determine the greatest common factors of two or more numbers. Explanations and examples are provided. This two-page worksheet contains ten problems.
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Primes and Exponents
In this primes and exponents activity, students read about prime numbers and their expressions, then work with a group to complete 6 problems.
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Least Common Multiple
In this least common multiple instructional activity, students review the steps for finding the least common multiple using lists of multiples and prime factorization. Students then list multiples to find the LCM for the given numbers....
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Perfect Squares and Factoring
In this perfect squares and factoring worksheet, students solve and complete 26 different problems that include a number of polynomials. First, they determine whether each trinomial is a perfect square trinomial and factor if possible....
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Factoring Trinomials
In this factoring trinomials worksheet, students solve and complete 28 different problems. First, they factor each trinomial, if possible. Then, students use integers to factor out those that cannot be factored and write prime.
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Factoring Polynomials
Young mathematicians discover trees organize more than just families — they help factor, too. The lesson begins with factor trees and develops slowly to factoring by grouping and special patterns.
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Least Common Multiple
Give students detailed instructions on how to find the Least Common Multiple as well as practice with this thorough introductory worksheet. Instructions for this worksheet include an explanation of both guess and check as well as prime...
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Math: Am I Prime?
Seventh graders determine the difference between prime and composite numbers. On a Website, they discover a method to identify all the prime numbers up to 100 and also complete several online activities. Once they have discussed the...
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Factoring Differences of Squares
In this factoring worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 27 different problems that include factoring the differences of squares. First, they state whether each binomial can be factored as a difference of squares. Then, students...
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Equivalent Fractions - Simplifying Fractions
For this fractions worksheet, 6th graders utilize 1 or 3 techniques and/or methods to simplify 8 fractions. Students simplify equivalent fractions.
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Construction Square Fun
Pupils identify numbers as prime or composite and complete prime factorization of composite numbers.
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Transition to algebra
Students recognize the difference between a prime and a composite number. In this prime and composite number lesson, students use a factor tree model to show prime factorization. Students participate in a bingo activity. Students...
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Reteaching Page 4.3 Finding the Greatest Common Factor
A bit of instruction on how to find the greatest common factor opens the worksheet. Leanrers are then given three practice pairs of numbers. Then the assignment goes on to describe prime factorization, and also provides three more...
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Grade 5: Multiple Towers
Fifth graders use interlocking cubes to build towers to represent factors of numbers and place the towers in the appropriate places on a Tower chart in order to look for patterns. They work in partner groups, and finish by writing...
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Number Sense and Operations
In this number sense and operations worksheet, students solve 15 different problems that include number lines and identifying various types of numbers. First, they solve a given equation and then check their work. Then, students find the...
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Factors
In this factors worksheet, 7th graders solve and complete 20 different problems for determining the factors of each number listed. They find all the factors for each number given. Students divide each whole number by another whole number...
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Find Factors Worksheet
In this math worksheet, learners find factors they can multiply to equal the products given. All products are below 100. Some of the products are prime numbers. There are no examples given.
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Building Venn Diagrams
Students use Venn diagrams to solve prime number and factorization problems. In this multiplication lesson, students watch a video and use a Venn Diagram to help them solve a pizza math activity that uses prime factorization. Students...
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Conditional Statements and Converses
In this conditional statements and converses worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 10 various types of statements as instructed. First, they identify the hypothesis and conclusion of the conditional statement given. Then, students...
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Factors, Divisibility, and Relatively Prime
Seventh graders explore the concept of divisibility. In this divisibility lesson, 7th graders use divisibility rules to find factors of numbers. Students create foldables to illustrate divisibility rules.