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1 Prime Numbers
Recap 1
What are whole numbers?

Whole numbers are simply the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ….

• No fractions or decimal.

• ½, 1.1 and 3.5 are not whole numbers.

Recap 2
What are factors?
Factors are the numbers we can multiply together to get another number.

2x3=6

1x6=6

1, 2, 3 and 6 are factors of 6.

Exercise
Number Working Factors
1 1=1x1 1
2 2=1x2 1, 2
3
4 4=1x4=2x2 1, 2, 4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Exercise
Number Working Factors
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18 18 = 1 x 18 = 2 x 9 = 3 x 6 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18
19
20
Solution
Number Working Factors
1 1=1x1 1
2 2=1x2 1, 2
3 3=1x3 1, 3
4 4=1x4=2x2 1, 2, 4
5 5=1x5 1, 5
6 6=1x6=2x3 1, 2, 3, 6
7 7=1x7 1, 7
8 8=1x8=2x4 1, 2, 4, 8
9 9=1x9=3x3 1, 3, 9
10 10 = 1 x 10 = 2 x 5 1, 2, 5, 10
Solution
Number Working Factors
11 11 = 1 x 11 1, 11
12 12 = 1 x 12 = 2 x 6 = 3 x 4 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12
13 13 = 1 x 13 1, 13
14 14 = 1 x 14 = 2 x 7 1, 2, 7, 14
15 15 = 1 x 15 = 3 x 5 1, 3, 5, 15
16 16 = 1 x 16 = 2 x 8 = 4 x 4 1, 2, 4, 8, 16
17 17 = 1 x 17 1, 17
18 18 = 1 x 18 = 2 x 9 = 3 x 6 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18
19 19 = 1 x 19 1, 19
20 20 = 1 x 20 = 2 x 10 = 4 x 5 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20
Classification of Whole Numbers
Number Factors Number Factors 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19
1 1 11 1, 11 are Prime Numbers because
2 1, 2 12 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12 they have exactly 2 factors,
1 and itself.
3 1, 3 13 1, 13
4 1, 2, 4 14 1, 2, 7, 14 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16,18, 20
5 1, 5 15 1, 3, 5, 15 are Composite Numbers
6 1, 2, 3, 6 16 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 Because they have more
than 2 different factors.
7 1, 7 17 1, 17
8 1, 2, 4, 8 18 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18 1 is a neither prime
9 1, 3, 9 19 1, 19 number nor a composite
10 1, 2, 5, 10 20 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20 numbers because it has
exactly 1 factor.
Prime Number

A prime number is a whole number that

has exactly 2 different factors, 1 and itself.
Sieve of Eratosthenes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100