Y5 Maths
This Year 5 Prime Numbers lesson covers the prior learning of finding common factors, before moving onto the main skill of recalling prime numbers up to 19, and recognising prime numbers up to 100.
The lesson starts with a prior learning worksheet to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning by completing an engaging extension task.
National Curriculum Objective
Mathematics Year 5: (5C5b) Know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (non-prime) numbers
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These lesson slides guides pupils through the prior learning of finding common factors, before moving onto the main skill of prime numbers. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.
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This powerpoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the Varied Fluency and Reasoning & Problem Solving worksheets as part of this lesson.
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These are the same as the lesson slides on Classroom Secrets. You can assign this as an activity for pupils to access individually in school or remotely from home.
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Jade uses arrays to demonstrate the difference between prime and composite numbers in this Prime Numbers Video Tutorial.
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This Year 5 Prime Numbers lesson covers the prior learning of finding common factors, before moving onto the main skill of recalling prime numbers up to 19, and recognising prime numbers up to 100.
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This Year 5 Common Factors Game is designed to check pupils’ understanding of common factors.
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This prime numbers supporting activities sheet contains suggestions for additional tasks you might wish to use to support pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the lesson.
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This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to practise the main skill of this lesson.
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This Year 5 Prime Numbers Flash Cards Game checks pupils’ understanding of prime numbers up to 100.
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This Year 5 Prime Numbers Game checks and consolidates pupils’ ability to identify prime numbers and prime factors.
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This differentiated worksheet includes reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.
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This worksheet includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of prime numbers.
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This worksheet includes two discussion problems which can be used in pairs or small groups to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in this lesson.
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This Year 5 Prime Numbers Maths Challenge checks pupils’ understanding of prime numbers while developing their problem solving ability.
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This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.
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This Autumn week 9 Maths pack contains varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving worksheets.
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This resource is aimed at Year 5 Expected and has been designed to give children the opportunity to consolidate the skills they have learned in Autumn Block 4 – Number: Multiplication and Division.
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Dec is competing in the Paralympics. Use your knowledge of prime numbers to help Dec and his competitors with their times and help the organisers with ticket sales and points.