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Factors and prime factors inquiry
A lesson designed to help explore factors and prime factorisation. The lesson encourages students to work collaboratively to explore prime factorisation through the use of a variety of examples. Students provide reasoning for their answers to further their knowledge and understanding of the topic.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 7
- Purpose
- Teaching strategies Teaching resource
- Strand
- Algebra Number
- Topic
- Operating with number Patterns and algebra Algebraic expressions Indices Integers Multiplication and division
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M7N02
- Numeracy progression
- Multiplicative strategies (P9)
- Publisher
- Inquiry Maths
- Copyright
- © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.
- Keywords
- indices integer factorisation
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