Objectives
This activity covers multiple objectives including improved number sense, review of prime factorisation, pseudo-coding, coding, algorithmic thinking, problem solving and investigations.
Vocabulary
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Mathematics
- Factorise
- Exponent
- Base
- Prime
- Pseudo-code
- Algorithm
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Coding
- print
- input
- if
- % (Modular Arithmetic)
- append
- for
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About the Lesson
This activity is Part 1 of the series Code by Numbers. This activity requires students to establish a relationship between the prime factorisation of a number and the quantity of factors for the number. The result will be very useful in subsequent activities!