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Factor Tree Game

Factor Tree Game
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Description

Designed as a simple game for Year 5 maths rotations, the Factor Tree Game requires students to determine all 'factors' of a given whole number

 

You can easily extend this game by asking students to identify the Highest Common Factor (HCF) or Lowest Common Factor (LCF) across two or more cards.

 

You could also challenge students to write a problem to match each card, e.g. There are 24 students in the classroom. How many ways could you group students so that each group contains the same number of students, and there are no students left out?

Curriculum Codes

AC9M5N02 9

Express natural numbers as products of their factors, recognise multiples and determine if one number is divisible by another

AC9M5N10 9

Create and use algorithms involving a sequence of steps and decisions and digital tools to experiment with factors, multiples and divisibility; identify, interpret and describe emerging patterns

ACMNA098 8.4

Identify and describe factors and multiples of whole numbers and use them to solve problems

VCMNA181

Identify and describe factors and multiples of whole numbers and use them to solve problems

VCMNA192

Describe, continue and create patterns with fractions, decimals and whole numbers resulting from addition and subtraction

VCMNA194

Follow a mathematical algorithm involving branching and repetition (iteration)

MA3-1WM old

Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions

MA3-2WM old

Selects and applies appropriate problem- solving strategies, including the use of digital technologies, in undertaking investigations

MA3-4NA old

Orders, reads and represents integers of any size and describes properties of whole numbers

MA3-3WM old

Gives a valid reason for supporting one possible solution over another

MA3-8NA old

Analyses and creates geometric and number patterns, constructs and completes number sentences, and locates points on the Cartesian plane

MA3-RN-01 new

Applies an understanding of place value and the role of zero to represent the properties of numbers

MA3-RN-02 new

Compares and orders decimals up to 3 decimal places

MA3-RN-03 new

Determines percentages of quantities, and finds equivalent fractions and decimals for benchmark percentage values

MA3-MR-01 new

Selects and applies appropriate strategies to solve multiplication and division problems

MA3-MR-02 new

Constructs and completes number sentences involving multiplicative relations, applying the order of operations to calculations

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Reviews
Sue Wade
Posted 3 years ago
NSW, Australia
Great resource, making children think ahead to fill the boxes. However there is an error on page 4, in the tree for 48. The final row of boxes should show both answer boxes coming from only one of the boxes in the row above. 48 - 6x8 - 2x3 x 2x4 - (2x3 x 2) x 2x2. The scenario is the same irrespective of how 48 is broken down (eg 2x12).