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Am I Am I Prime?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders determine if a number is prime or composite.  For this determining if a number is prime or composite lesson, 7th graders use a website to help find all prime numbers between 1 and 100.  Students use a website to...
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Prime and Composite Numbers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the concept of prime and composite numbers. They use a review of multiplication to help explain factoring. Students are taught the definition of a prime and composite number and then practice independently.
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Prime and Composite Numbers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the concepts of composite and prime numbers. They factor different numbers and determine the number of factors for each. Based upon this information the number is declared prime or composite.
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Prime and Composite

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders practice implementing manipulative's to assess composite and prime numbers. They formulate representations of rational numbers in a variety of ways including graph paper, sieves of Eratosthenes and multiple worksheets.
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Helping with Math

Factors with Prime and Composite Numbers (2 of 2)

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Ten two-digit numbers are listed for fourth graders to factor. Once they have factored each, they circle whether the original number is prime or composite. If you click on the "Print Worksheet" button, the printable spreads the problems...
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What Are You - Prime or Composite

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the concept of prime factorization. In this prime factorization activity, students participate in an activity where they find the prime factorization and greatest common factor of a number derived from their name....
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Prime and Composite Numbers

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore prime and composite numbers. Given division problems, they use color tiles to model solutions to division problems. Through activities and observation, 8th graders discover the meaning of prime and composite...
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Prime and Composite Numbers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify prime and composite numbers and complete an activity problem. Given a 100 chart, they follow directions to create a prime number chart. In groups, 6th graders play a "Prime Take Away" activity to reinforce prime...
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Prime Time

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice determining the prime factorization of composite numbers. They create Christmas factor trees for prime numbers greater than 100. They decorate their final products with markers, crayons, colored pencils, glitter...
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Leveled Problem Solving: Prime Factorization

For Students 4th - 6th
In this prime factorization worksheet, students solve a set of 6 problems related to prime factorization, including determining whether numbers are prime or composite and determining factors.
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Prime or Composite numbers

For Students 6th - 10th
In this prime and composite numbers worksheet, students mark each 2 or 3 digit number as either prime or composite. Students complete 60 problems.
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Prime Numbers and Factors

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students determine factors of numbers to 100 and identify prime factors; students differentiate prime and composite numbers by the factors of the numbers.
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Prime Time

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners participate in activities to investigate properties of numbers. They identify prime and composite numbers and determine the patterns associated with these numbers. They answer questions associated with each activity.
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Introducing the Concept Prime Factors

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify the prime factorization for 48 using different sets of factors. They find the prime factorization for 60.
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Prime Real Estate

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students analyze and discuss prime numbers and the Sieve of Eratosthenes, a procedure to sort out prime numbers. They identify the prime numbers from 1-100 by eliminating all the multiples of the first four prime numbers, and circle what...
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Prime Factorization

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in a lesson that focuses on the concept of finding the prime factorization of a number. They write the answer using exponential notation. Students play a game of Bingo to keep engaged during the lesson.
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Finding Primes-The Sieve of Eratosthenes

For Students 7th - 9th
For this middle school/Algebra I worksheet, students use the sieve of Eratosthenes to determine the prime number less than two hundred.  The one page worksheet contains one problem.  Answer is not provided. 
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My Test Book: Multiples and Prime Factorization

For Students 5th - 7th
In this math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems regarding prime factorization and multiples. Students may view the correct answers.
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Optical Illusion

For Students 3rd - 6th
Number theory gets a workout in an activity that asks individuals to identify and color code the prime numbers and the composite numbers in the provided graphic.
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Prime and Composite Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of prime and composite numbers. In this prime and composite numbers lesson plan, students discover what makes a number prime or composite. Middle schoolers then practice identifying primes and...
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Prime and Composite Numbers Optical Illusion

For Students 4th - 6th
In this prime and composite numbers practice worksheet, students sharpen their math skills as they identify numbers as prime or composite to solve the optical illusion puzzle.
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Identify Numbers

For Students Higher Ed
In this identify numbers worksheet, students identify prime, composite, perfect, deficient, and abundant numbers listed on a one-hundred board. This two-page worksheet contains one-hundred numbers on each page.
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Sieve of Eratosthenes

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the Sieve of Erathosthenes. They explore a method to find all the prime numbers in a group of numbers. Using models, students practice divisibility rules while examining the difference between prime and composite numbers.
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Mathematics: Prime and Composite Numbers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore how to apply the commutative property and the rules of divisibility. They examine the difference between prime and composite numbers.