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Young scholars identify numbers as prime or composite and complete prime factorization of composite numbers.

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composite numbers, prime factors

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composite numbers, prime factorization, math
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Resource Details

Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Year
2004
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