Factors, multiples, primes: Year 6 – planning tool

This planning resource for Year 6 is for the topic of Factors, multiples, primes. Students decompose composites into their prime factors and recognise primes as the building blocks of composite numbers. Students consolidate use of the distributive and commutative laws of multiplication to simplify calculations.

Resource details
Year level: Year 6
Purpose: Planning Teaching resource Teaching strategies Student activities
Strand: Number
Topic: Multiples, factors and powers
Audience: Teachers
Format: Webpage
Australian Curriculum code: AC9M6N02
Numeracy progression: Multiplicative strategies (P7)
Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia
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