1. Factor Game CMP 2 ~ 6 th grade Book: Prime Time

2. Learning Intentions: We Are Learning To use multiplication and division to find factors of a number.

3. Success Criteria(s): We Will Know We are Successful if: Identify the Factors of 10; Proper Factors of 10 Explain difference between factors and proper factors. Explain strategy for best move and worst move.

4. Today Chris is 12 years old, Chris has three younger cousins: Isaiah, Alyssa and Corves. They are 2, 3, and 8 years old respectively. The following mathematical sentences show that Chris is 6 times as old as Isaiah, 12 = 6 x 2 4 times as old as Alyssa, 12 = 4 x 3 1 and ½ times as old as Corves, 12 = 1 ½ x 8  What do you notice about the first two examples as opposed to the third example?

5. Whole Number Factors or Whole Number Divisors 2, 3, 4 and 6 can be multiplied by another whole number to get 12. We call 2, 3, 4 and 6 whole number factors or whole number divisors of 12 8 is a whole number but we cannot multiply it by another whole number to get to 12 We will simply use the word factor to refer to whole number factors

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10. Factor Game Activity and Questioning