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Year 7

Properties of number: factors, multiples, squares and cubes

19 lessons

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In this unit pupils develop their understanding of factors and multiples, then extend this knowledge to learn general divisibility tests for integers and develop strategies to determine the highest common factor and lowest common multiple of two or more integers.

This unit continues to develop proficiency in handling and recognising different types of numbers, as well as understanding their mathematical structure in order to be more efficient and fluent with mathematical operations in the following unit.

  1. Checking understanding of factors, multiples, squares and cubes
  2. Securing understanding of factors, multiples, squares and cubes
  3. Listing multiples
  4. Divisibility tests for 2 and 3
  5. Divisibility tests for 6 and 9
  6. Divisibility tests for 5 and 10
  7. Divisibility tests for 4 and 8
  8. Square and cube numbers
  9. Square and cube roots
  10. Power notation
  11. Powers and roots using a calculator
  12. Listing factors
  13. Checking understanding of prime numbers
  14. Expressing an integer as a product of its prime factors
  15. Calculating integers from their prime factor expressions
  16. Highest common factor
  17. Lowest common multiple
  18. HCF or LCM
  19. Problem solving with factors, multiples, squares and cubes

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