Grade 4

What is a prime number?

prime number

A number bigger than 1 that can be divided evenly only by 1 and itself. 2, 3, 5 and 7 are prime numbers.

For example

Thirteen is a prime number: you cannot arrange thirteen bottle caps into equal rows.

In Grade 4

Children test numbers by trying to build equal rows, finding the ones that make only a single row.

Watch out for

Children often call one a prime number. A prime has exactly two different factors, and one has only itself.

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Take a handful of objects and ask whether they make equal rows in more than one way.

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