1. Numbers Properties
Learning Objective: Recognise and use multiples, factors, common factor, highest common factor, lowest common multiple and primes; find the prime factor decomposition of a number
Must calculate the Lowest common Multiple of two numbers
Should calculate the HCF for two numbers
Could use HCF and LCM to add and subtract fractions with different denominators

2. Key Words
Sequence, Term, nth term, consecutive, predict, rule, generate, continue, finite, infinite, ascending, descending, symbol, expression, algebra, integer, index, factors, multiples, square root, cube root, HCF, LCM

3. Multiples
A multiple of a number is found by multiplying the number by any whole number.
What are the first six multiples of 4?
To find the first six multiples of 4 multiply 4 by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in turn to get:
Discuss the fact that any given number has infinitely many multiples.
We can check whether a number is a multiple of another number by using divisibility tests.
Links:
N3.1 Divisibility and N3.2 HCF and LCM 4, 8,
12,
16, 20
and
Any given number has infinitely many multiples.

4. Multiples patterns on a hundred square
Explore multiple patterns on the hundred grid.
For example, colour all multiples of 3 yellow. Ask pupils to describe and justify the pattern.

5. The lowest common multiple
The lowest common multiple (or LCM) of two numbers is the smallest number that is a multiple of both the numbers.
We can find this by writing down the first few multiples for both numbers until we find a number that is in both lists.
For example,
Multiples of 20 are :
20,
40,
60,
80,
100,
120, . . .
You may like to add that if the two numbers have no common factors (except 1) then the lowest common multiple of the two numbers will be the product of the two numbers.
For example, 4 and 5 have no common factors and so the lowest common multiple of 4 and 5 is 4 × 5, 20.
Pupils could also investigate this themselves later in the lesson.
Multiples of 25 are :
25,
50,
75,
100,
125, . . .
The LCM of 20 and 25 is
100.

6. WHY we need to know the lowest common multiple
We use the lowest common multiple when adding and subtracting fractions.
For example,
Add together 4 9 5 12
and
The LCM of 9 and 12 is 36.
× 4
× 3
Establish verbally by asking for multiples that the lowest common multiple of 9 and 12 is 36.
Remind pupils that to add two fractions together they must have the same denominator.
The LCM is the lowest number that both 9 and 12 will divide into.
Ask pupils how many 9s ‘go into’ 36. Establish that we must multiply 9 by 4 to get 36 before revealing the first arrow.
Now, we’ve multiplied the bottom by 4 so we must multiply the top by 4.
Remember, if you multiply the top and the bottom of a fraction by the same number, you do not change its value. 16/36 is just another way of writing 4/9.
Repeat this explanation as you convert 5/12 to 15/36.
16/36 plus 15/36 equals 31/36. Can this fraction be simplified?
Establish that it cannot.
Link:
N6 – Calculating with fractions – Adding and subtracting fractions. + 4 9 5 12 = 16 15 31 36 + 36 = 36
× 4
× 3

7. A factor is a whole number that divides exactly into a given number.
Finding factors
A factor is a whole number that divides exactly into a given number.
Factors come in pairs.
For example, what are the factors of 30?
1 and
30,
2 and
15,
3 and
10,
5 and 6.
Discuss the definition of the word factor.
Remind pupils that factors always go in pairs (in the example of rectangular arrangements these are given by the length and the width of the rectangle). The pairs multiply together to give the number.
Ask pupils if numbers always have an even number of factors. They may argue that they will because factors can always be written in pairs. Establish, however, that when a number is multiplied by itself the numbers in that factor pair are repeated. That number will therefore have an odd number of factors.
Pupils may investigate this individually.
Establish that if a number has an odd number of factors it must be a square number.
So, in order, the factors of 30 are: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6,
10, 15
and 30.

8. The highest common factor
What is the highest common factor (HCF) of 24 and 30?
The factors of 24 are: 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24
The factors of 30 are: 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 30
Once the factors have been revealed remind pupils about factor pairs.
24 is equal to 1 × 24, 2 × 12, 3 × 8, and 4 × 6.
30 is equal to 1 × 30, 2 × 15, 3 × 10, and 5 × 6.
The highest common factor (HCF) of 24 and 30 is 6.

9. Why do we need to know the highest common factor
We use the highest common factor when cancelling fractions.
For example,
Cancel the fraction 36 48
The HCF of 36 and 48 is 12, so we need to divide the numerator and the denominator by 12.
Talk through the use of the highest common factor to cancel fractions in one step.
Link:
N5 Using fractions – Equivalent fractions.
÷12 36 48 3 = 4
÷12

10. Using prime factors to find the HCF and LCM
We can use the prime factor decomposition to find the HCF and LCM of larger numbers.
For example,
Find the HCF and the LCM of 60 and 294. 2 60 2
294 2 30 3
147
Recap on the method of dividing by prime numbers introduced in the previous section. 3 15 7 49 5 5 7 7 1 1
60 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5
294 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 7

11. Using prime factors to find the HCF and LCM
60 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5
294 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 7 60
294 2 7 2 3 5 7
We can find the HCF and LCM by using a Venn diagram.
We put the prime factors of 60 in the first circle. Any factors that are common to both 60 and 294 go into the overlapping section.
Click to demonstrate this. Point out that we can cross out the prime factors that we have included from 294 in the overlapping section to avoid adding then twice.
We put the prime factors of 294 in the second circle.
The prime factors which are common to both 60 and 294 will be in the section where the two circles overlap.
To find the highest common factor of 60 and 294 we need to multiply together the numbers in the overlapping section.
The lowest common multiple is found by multiplying together all the prime numbers in the diagram.
HCF of 60 and 294 =
2 × 3
= 6
LCM of 60 and 294 =
2 × 5 × 2 × 3 × 7 × 7 =
2940

12. Using prime factors to find the HCF and LCM

13. Class Work Frameworking Pupil Book 3
Exercise 1b Page 5 Question 1-10 Extension if your really good.