Summary
The time is prime to learn about prime numbers--and in this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby are primed to teach you everything you need to know about these numerical building blocks! First, discover the one number that every prime number is divisible by, besides itself. Explore the work of ancient mathematicians like Euclid and Eratosthenes, who studied primes more than 2,000 years ago. See how every whole number greater than 1 is either a prime number itself or formed by multiplying prime numbers together. And get a glimpse of just how many prime numbers there are--and why the record for “biggest prime number ever” isn’t exactly a permanent one!
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
A few questions to talk through after watching Prime Numbers:
- What is one new thing you learned about prime numbers?
- Can you explain it to a partner in your own words?
- Where might you see this in the real world?
- What is one question you still have?
Quick work-a-long
Try it:
- Write one sentence explaining prime numbers.
- Draw or give one example of your own.