Prime Factors and Products Using Visual Models

Find factors of whole numbers. Detect patterns in arrangements of dots to products.

Tarea 1

Putting It All Together

Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections.

Tarea 2

What did you notice about the clusters of dots?

Tarea 3

How did you use the dots to help find the factors?

Tarea 4

What would 100 dots look like if you arranged them as clusters of primes in a circle? 200?