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Prime factors inquiry
This prompt is based on the Prime Climb game. It has multiple possibilities depending on the questions students pose (or are posed by the teacher). Students look for patterns and connections between the numbers and colours. The resource includes classroom examples, teacher notes and guided questions.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 6 Year 7
- Purpose
- Assessment tasks Student activities Teaching resource
- Strand
- Algebra Number
- Topic
- Multiples, factors and powers
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Numeracy progression
- Multiplicative strategies (P9)
- Publisher
- Inquiry Maths
- Copyright
- © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.
- Keywords
- pattern composite number
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