Lesson Four – Common Factors

This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify, record and compare the matching sets of numbers that are common factors of different pairs of numbers to one hundred.
The class can practise using Venn diagrams to sort and organise the common factors that match the properties for each pair of numbers to indicate their matching properties.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify, record and compare the matching sets of numbers that are common factors of different pairs of numbers to one hundred
Activities in this teaching pack include a differentiated set of worksheets to select and record the numbers that are common factors of different numbers to one hundred for core and extension ability levels and to fifty for support ability levels using Venn diagrams
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore and record the numbers that are common factors of different pairs of numbers to one hundred.
This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to identify and record the factors of different numbers to one hundred which can be utilised when performing mental multiplication calculations. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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