Prime Numbers
I enjoyed reading your comments; I see that some clarification of prime number is needed. Sometimes making a concept easier to understand causes some of the vocabulary to be sacrificed. This occurs because students are often not sophisticated enough to understand all the vocabulary and mathematical symbols at the same time they are developing understanding of a particular concept.
You are able to handle the definition of prime number. Please read the first two paragraphs.
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Today's Assignments:
1. Finish Applying and Review, pp.94-95.
2. Complete Lesson Master 2-5B. Use a separate sheet of paper for work. You must write a sentence for each answer beginning with, “The answer is positive/negative because…..”
3 comments:
Hey Mrs. Burke!
I read over the first two paragraphs of the prime factors web site. I understand that there is an easier way to find the prime factors of a number using any additional info about that number.
I didn't understand the 2nd paragraph even though I reread it several times. It says that it divides the number in a systematical way. What is that system? Did they describe it?
Could you teach us this system?
See you on Wednesday!
-wiesej
Oh! I understand!
So the trial division is like a factor tree?
I guess I had to read it just one more time!
-wiesej
Well, to DTM's first comment, what number do you divide the number that divides the original number by?
If this is trial division, it's pretty confusing!
-wiesej
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