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With this activity, you can visually explore the concept of factors by creating rectangular arrays.
With this activity, you can visually explore the concept of factors by creating rectangular arrays.
The length and width of the array are factors of your number.
The length and width of the array are factors of your number.
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Watch to see how Mrs. Zogby played this game (Alt Link to Video)
Watch to see how Mrs. Zogby played this game (Alt Link to Video)
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After you have watched her video, click here to go to the activity and try it for yourself.
After you have watched her video, click here to go to the activity and try it for yourself.
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Once you've played for a while, Find a Partner and record a flipgrid video where you and your partner ask and answer one of these questions:
Once you've played for a while, Find a Partner and record a flipgrid video where you and your partner ask and answer one of these questions:
Why do you think the length and width of the rectangles represent the factors of your numbers?
Why do you think the length and width of the rectangles represent the factors of your numbers?
Which number has the most factorizations? Which has the fewest? Why do you think this is?
Which number has the most factorizations? Which has the fewest? Why do you think this is?
What kinds of numbers have only one factorization? What do the rectangles for these factorizations have in common?
What kinds of numbers have only one factorization? What do the rectangles for these factorizations have in common?
If you double a number, what happens to the number of factorizations? Do you notice a pattern in the factorizations of your original number and the doubled number?
If you double a number, what happens to the number of factorizations? Do you notice a pattern in the factorizations of your original number and the doubled number?
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