MathsYears 7–8Number
Factors, multiples and primes
Identify factors, multiples and prime numbers; use factor trees
What you'll learn
- 1
Imagine you have 12 biscuits 🍪 and you want to share them equally with your friends — no leftovers!
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Can you split 12 biscuits equally into groups of 5?
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Drag the biscuits into equal groups to find all the factors of 12.
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Let's find all the factors of 12 together!
- 5
Which of these is NOT a factor of 12?
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Now let's look at multiples. A multiple is what you get when you count in steps of a number — like counting in 3s: 3, 6, 9, 12…
- 7
What is the next multiple of 3 after 12?
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