GCSE Maths Prime Factors Revision in Worthing
Prime factor questions help students understand how numbers are built. Prime factorisation is also useful for HCF, LCM and simplifying number problems.
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Key skills
- Recognising prime numbers
- Drawing factor trees
- Writing numbers as products of prime factors
- Using index notation in prime factors
Exam tip: Keep splitting numbers until every branch ends in a prime number.
Common mistake: A common mistake is stopping the factor tree before all factors are prime.
Video explanation
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