Year 6 Factors, Multiples and Prime Numbers Maths Challenge

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 6 Factors, Multiples and Prime Numbers Maths Challenge aims to develop pupils’ abilty to identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers. Pupils will read the clues each of the children has given in order to find the number they are thinking of. This problem solving activity supports deeper understanding of the objective.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Number – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
Mathematics Year 6: (6C5) Identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers