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Primes and prime factors
This module from the AMSI 'The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) project' is for teachers who wish to consolidate their content knowledge on the topic of primes and prime factors. There are sections that provide history and context for the topic, as well as exercises and examples of how to present and explain the concepts to students.
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| Year level(s) | Year 6, Year 7 |
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| Audience | Teacher, School Leader |
| Purpose | Content knowledge |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Keywords | prime, factor, LCM, HCF, explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Number |
| Topics | Multiples, factors and powers |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M6N02
Identify and describe the properties of prime, composite and square numbers and use these properties to solve problems and simplify calculations
AC9M7N02
Represent natural numbers as products of powers of prime numbers using exponent notation |
| Numeracy progression |
Multiplicative strategies (P9)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | AMSI |
| Copyright | © The University of Melbourne. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0. |
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