Factorising

Content Name

Factorising

Content Type

Partner Content

Description

Factorising is a very simple activity, based around a set of pre-designed cards. It encourages children to make complicated multiplication calculations much easier by factorising one or both of the factors, and then multiplying again in a different way.

Curriculum

• Country

  England

  Key Stage:

  Key Stage 2

  Years:

  Year 5, Year 6

  Subjects:

  • Mathematics

  Topics:

  • Number - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
  • Number - multiplication and division

  Programmes of Study:

  • identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers
  • identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number, and common factors of 2 numbers
  • multiply and divide numbers mentally, drawing upon known facts
  • perform mental calculations, including with mixed operations and large numbers

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