Factors, Multiples and Primes: Rich Tasks
You cannot beat a good rich task! For me, a rich task is one that both stimulates and challenges students of all ages and abilities. Here is a selection of some of my favourites.
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Median Rich Tasks and Purposeful Practise keyboard_arrow_up
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There are no words to express how much I love Don Steward and his amazing resources on his Median Blog. They allow for purposeful practise, to enable students to gain fluency in key skills. But they also have more than a sprinkling of richness, that leads students merrily along the path towards hypotheses and generalisations. Amazing.
Factors
Factor FactsExactly 4 Factors
Factors and Number of Factors
Repeated Factor Sums
Factor Trees
Number of Factors - Tree
Number of Factors
A Factoring Rule
Remainders
Find the Number
Factor Links
Number of Factors for n Factorial
Craig’s Conjecture
A Dozen Factors
Multiples
Product Puzzles1 to 9 Multiplied
Sequence of Multiples
Tables Practise
The Product Product
Sequence of Multiples
A Multiple Number
Mini Times Tables
Multiple Puzzles
Multiples from 7
Primes and Prime Factorisation
PrimesPrimes using 0 to 9
Prime Number Images
Factor Trees
The Product Product
A Tricky Calculation
4321
NRICH keyboard_arrow_up
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NRICH is simply one of the best websites for rich maths problems in the whole wide world.
Always a Multiple?Funny Factorisation
14 Divisors
Product Sudoku
Dozens
Sieve of Eratosthenes
Factors and Multiples Puzzle
What Numbers Can
We Make?
American Billions
Filling the Gaps
Take Three from Five
Differences
Other Rich Tasks keyboard_arrow_up
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A selection of some of my favourite rich tasks, including – I must confess – some of my own. For my complete collection, including my thoughts on what makes a good rich task, please visit the Rich Tasks page.
The Factors and Multiples GameNIM
Venn Diagram – Types of Number