Section 2: Prime Factors

Finding the factors of whole numbers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Number and Operations

Related Topics: area, division, divisors, factors, multiples, multiplication, rectangles, whole numbers

Visualize factors through building rectangular areas on a grid. As you draw each factor set on the grid, the factors will be listed. Factorize 2 is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: area, commutative, division, divisors, factors, multiples, multiplication, rectangles, whole numbers

Step through the generation of Sierpinski's Carpet -- a fractal made from subdividing a square into nine smaller squares and cutting the middle one out. Explore number patterns in sequences and geometric properties of fractals.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: algebra, area, fractals, fractions, geometric sequences, iteration, pattern, pre-calculus, recursion, recursive functions, self-similarity, sequences