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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Factorize

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This Shodor site gives a brief explanation of factorization, and it allows you "to find all of the factorizations of a given number and then draw the product as the area of a rectangle on a grid."
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Factor an Integer

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
WebMath gives a calculator to give all the factors of a number. Drop down menu can select just prime factors of number entered. Also discusses the definition of a factor.
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Mathworld: Prime Factorization

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a wonderful explanation of prime factorization including a very helpful table in understanding prime decomposition. Look further down the page to get information on Gaussian primes.
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Wyzant

Wyzant: Prime Factors Calculator

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Students input a number to be factored and the WyzAnt calculator does the rest. Limitations include the fact that numbers which are negative or which contain primes bigger than 541 cannot be handled.
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Amby Duncan-Carr

Prime Factorization: Amby's Resources

For Students 6th - 8th
What is prime factorization? This site goes through a step-by step process explaining different ways to find the prime factorization.
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Unit Plan
Homeschool Math

Homeschool Math: Prime Factorization

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This site contains a free lesson on Prime Factorization in which students learn by doing practice problems.
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Unit Plan
Math.com

Math.com: Greatest Common Factor/practice Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
A page which generates number pairs and allows the user to find and enter the GCF. Keeps a running tally of correct/incorrect answers and has links to in depth review, if needed.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Prime Factorization

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Find a definition or prime numbers and prime factorization, as well as examples on how to find the prime factors of 12 and 147. Also, follow a link to a Prime Factorization Tool.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Patterns of Factors

For Students 6th - 8th
Demonstrate your grasp of patterns and factors by sorting the numbers into the correct columns. This interactive table focuses on factor pairs and prime factors for the numbers 2 to 36.
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Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Prime Factorization Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this prime numbers calculator to find all prime factors of a given integer number up to 1 trillion. This calculator presents prime factors of a number, prime decomposition in exponential form, CSV (comma separated values) list of...
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eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Math Foundations: Divisibility and Prime: Greatest Common Factors

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson focuses on the greatest common factors it poses real situations and asks students answer them and then it provides more information and more exercises.
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Prime Numbers

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Number Ninja: Prime Numbers is a fast-action way to practice factors. Act quickly and use your finger or mouse to slice numbers and reduce them to their prime factors. Do not slice a prime number!
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Prime Factorization

For Students 5th - 6th
A practice quiz on the prime factorization of numbers. Includes hints.
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Other

Help With Fractions: The Greatest Common Factor

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Two different methods of finding the greatest common factor are explained at this one page website. It is very easy to follow the step by step directions.
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Number: Prime Factoring

For Students 5th - 8th
Explore prime factors and what the missing exponent could be.
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eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Math Foundations: Divisibility and Primes: Prime Numbers

For Students 6th - 8th
This lesson focuses on prime numbers, numbers that can only be divided by one and itself. It explains the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic and the Sieve of Eratosthenes. Includes practice activities.
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Activity
Purple Math

Purplemath: Lcm & Gcf

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Purplemath shows an easy and orderly way to determine the GCF and LCM of any two numbers. Even large numbers won't be a challenge with this method.
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That Quiz

That Quiz: Factores

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Interactive practice tests dealing with factors. Students will practice the prime factors, greatest common factor and least common multiple.
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Elias Saab

Math Drills: Prime Factorization Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This site is an interactive quiz which provides students with a prime factorization problem. Students input their solution and have the program evaluate it. Hints are available if the student needs them, and explanations are provided...
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Mathopolis: Practice Prime Factorization

For Students 6th - 8th
A set of six multiple-choice questions practicing prime factorization. A help page is available for further study.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Greatest Common Factor

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this video, learn how to find the greatest common factor of two numbers. Then, see how this can be used to solve problems with large numbers. In the accompanying classroom activity, students learn to find prime factors using factor...
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Other

Greatest Common Factor/definition and Example

For Students 9th - 10th
A walkthrough example of the discovery of the GCF of three numbers. Contains a definition as well.
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Other

Greatest Common Factor/example

For Students 9th - 10th
An example (with full explanation) where a Greatest Common Factor is found.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Multiplication & Division: Prime Factorization

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
This site provides great practice on the concept of prime factorization. Students can first learn about the topic by watching a step by step instruction video that also points out areas of concern. Finally, students can practice their...