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Multiplication and Large Puzzles, #10
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Introduction
Write the following on the board.
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Square at least 5 prime numbers. What can you say about the factors of the square numbers?
Possible student responses
- There are always 3 factors: the prime number you started with (the only prime factor, used twice to compose the square number), the square number itself, and 1.
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