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Properties of Numbers

This Instant Maths Ideas resource from Colin Foster contains two files: Factors, Multiples, Prime Numbers and Divisibility contains 26 instant maths ideas requiring students to use Venn diagrams to show different sets of numbers, explore methods of prime factorisation, devise tests for divisibility, investigate perfect numbers, make Vedic squares and show simple proofs. There are a number of resource sheets for student use to accompany the tasks. Triangle Numbers contains eleven activities, including tasks in which students explore the number of handshakes that take place, the number of intersections that can be made with straight lines, the number of baked bean tins there are in a stack, polygon numbers, the Mystic rose and consecutive sums.

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