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Primes and prime factors

This module from the AMSI 'The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) project' is for teachers who wish to consolidate their content knowledge on the topic of primes and prime factors. There are sections that provide history and context for the topic, as well as exercises and examples of how to present and explain the concepts to students.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 6, Year 7
Audience	Teacher, School Leader
Purpose	Content knowledge
Format	Downloadable resources
Keywords	prime, factor, LCM, HCF, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Number
Topics	Multiples, factors and powers
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M6N02 Identify and describe the properties of prime, composite and square numbers and use these properties to solve problems and simplify calculations AC9M7N02 Represent natural numbers as products of powers of prime numbers using exponent notation
Numeracy progression	Multiplicative strategies (P9)
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Organisation	AMSI
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