Summary
Math Antics explains factoring -- breaking a number into the numbers that multiply to make it. A clear, animated 6-minute lesson you can drop straight into a grades 4-6 math block -- pause-friendly, with worked examples on screen.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
A few questions to talk through after watching “Factoring.”
- What is a factor of a number?
- How can you tell you have found every factor pair?
- Which numbers have only two factors?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: factor, product, multiply, factor pair, divisible.
Try it: List all the factor pairs of 36.