Grade 6 - The Number System
Standard 6.NS.1.3 - Practice identifying prime and composite numbers.
Included Skills: Number Properties
Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of factors and multiples by • determining multiples and factors of numbers less than 100 • identifying prime and composite numbers • solving problems using multiples and factors • Performance Indicators - N03.01 Identify multiples for a given number and explain the strategy used to identify them. - N03.02 Determine all the whole number factors of a given number using arrays. - N03.03 Identify the factors for a given number and explain the strategy used (e.g., concrete or visual representations, repeated division by prime numbers, or factor trees). - N03.04 Provide an example of a prime number, and explain why it is a prime number. - N03.05 Provide an example of a composite number, and explain why it is a composite number. - N03.06 Sort a given set of numbers as prime and composite. - N03.07 Solve a given problem involving factors or multiples. - N03.08 Explain why 0 and 1 are neither prime nor composite.