Prime numbers
Know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors, and composite numbers; establish whether a number up to 100 is prime; recall prime numbers up to 19
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Can your child tell you what makes a number 'prime' — that it only divides exactly by 1 and itself — and give some examples like 7, 11, and 13?
Know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors, and composite numbers; establish whether a number up to 100 is prime; recall prime numbers up to 19
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- Explain that a prime number has exactly two factors: 1 and itself
- Determine whether 51 is prime or composite and justify the answer
- List all prime numbers up to 19 from memory
“Can your child tell you what makes a number 'prime' — that it only divides exactly by 1 and itself — and give some examples like 7, 11, and 13?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Multiplication & Division
- Age range
- Ages 9–10