PRIME FACTORISATION

Year 9 Maths

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 Prime Factorisation

Lesson Objectives: Key Words:

Students will be able to : • Prime Factors

Represent a number as the product of • Index form
its prime factors

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Starter
RED AMBER GREEN

1) Write the first 5 multiples 3) Write the first 5 multiples 5) I’m a multiple of 70 .
of 5 of 15 I’m between 500 and 1000.
My tens digit is odd and I’m
divisible by 3.

Who am i?

2) Write all the factors of 12 4) Write all the factors of 64

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Prime Factor Decomposition

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The prime factor decomposition

When we write a number as a product of prime factors it

is called the Prime Factor Decomposition.

For example,

The prime factor decomposition of 100 is:

100 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 5
= 22 × 52

There are 2 methods of finding the prime factor decomposition

of a number.
Factor trees

36

4 9

2 2 3 3

36 = 2 × 2 × 3 ×
3
= 22 × 32
Factor trees

36

3 12

4 3

2 2

36 = 2 × 2 × 3 ×
3
= 22 × 32
Factor trees

2100

30 70

6 5 10 7

2 3 2 5

2100 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 5 ×
7
= 22 × 3 × 52 × 7
Factor trees

780

78 10

2 39 5 2

3 13

780 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 ×
13
= 22 × 3 × 5 × 13
Dividing by prime numbers

2 96
2 48
96 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3
2 24
2 12 = 25 × 3

2 6
3 3
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Dividing by prime numbers

3 315
3 105 315 = 3 × 3 × 5 × 7

5 35 = 32 × 5 × 7

7 7
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Dividing by prime numbers

2 702
3 351
702 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 ×
3 117
13
3 39 = 2 × 33 × 13

13 13
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 Prime Factorisation

Plenary: Success Criteria: Assignment:

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