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The prime team
Students will learn their prime numbers by creating and manipulating their own Sieve of Eratosthenes.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
By Lori Bradley.
Adding fractions with unlike denominators/The numbers tell LCD
Students will be able to find the Lowest Common Denominator by using prime factors. They will then add the fractions. This method was developed for students who have problems guessing and checking.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics)
By Wendi Keith.

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The factor game
In this Illuminations lesson, students play the Factor Game, which engages students in a friendly contest where strategies involve distinguishing between numbers with many factors and numbers with few factors. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Making your own product game
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students review strategies for playing the Product Game. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Product Game: Connections and extensions
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students review strategies for playing the Product Game. In this game, players start with a set of given factors and then multiply to find the product. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Playing the product game
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students learn the rules of and play the Product Game, which challenges them to find a product of several numbers using a game board. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics