Eratosthenes Sieve

Content Name

Eratosthenes Sieve

Content Type

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Description

Eratosthenes was a Greek mathematician who identified a sieve for finding 2-digit prime numbers by knocking out multiples of the single-digit primes. This video explores his famous sieve.

Curriculum

• Country

  England

  Key Stage:

  Key Stage 2

  Years:

  Year 6, Year 5

  Subjects:

  • Mathematics

  Topics:

  • Number - multiplication and division

  Programmes of Study:

  • establish whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19
  • know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (non-prime) numbers

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