Grade 6 - Number
Standard 6.N.3 - Practice identifying factors of a given number.
Included Skills: Number Properties
Demonstrate an understanding of factors and multiples by: • determining multiples and factors of numbers less than 100. • identifying prime and composite numbers. • solving problems using multiples and factors. • Identify multiples for a given number, and explain the strategy used to identify them. • Determine all the whole number factors of a given number, using arrays. • Identify the factors for a given number, and explain the strategy used; e.g., concrete or visual representations, repeated division by prime numbers, factor trees. • Provide an example of a prime number, and explain why it is a prime number. • Provide an example of a composite number, and explain why it is a composite number. • Sort a given set of numbers as prime and composite. • Solve a given problem involving factors or multiples. • Explain why 0 and 1 are neither prime nor composite.