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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Prime Factorization of Numbers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders will climb math trees.
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Homeschool Math

Homeschool Math: Prime Factorization of Three Digit Numbers

For Teachers 5th
This lesson shows examples of how to get started with the prime factorization of three-digit or larger numbers, using a factor tree. includes numerous practice exercises.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Prime Factorization Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this prime numbers calculator to find all prime factors of a given integer number up to 1 trillion. This calculator presents prime factors of a number, prime decomposition in exponential form, CSV (comma separated values) list of...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Working With Prime and Composite Numbers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to practice working with prime and composite numbers. Students learn how to do prime factorization.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Factorize

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This Shodor site gives a brief explanation of factorization, and it allows you "to find all of the factorizations of a given number and then draw the product as the area of a rectangle on a grid."
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Pre Algebra: Prime Factorizations

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
In this tutorial, students learn how to do prime factorization by a few different methods, including factor trees and factor stacks. The exercises work their way up from 2-digit numbers up to 5 digits. Includes practice problems.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Pre Algebra Factorizations

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about "factorization" from Cool Math. Several examples and practice problems are provided.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Finding the Greatest Common Factor of Two Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
Math Forum response to question about finding the greatest common factor by using the factoring tree method.
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University of Waterloo (Canada)

Wired Math: Primes and Prime Factors [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Explore primes, prime factors, and composites using this collection of worksheets. Lots of detailed examples, interesting math facts, and colorful visuals. Acrobat Reader required.