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Prime and Composite Numbers
- Forming Rectangles with Squares
- Factors and Factorization
- Searching for Factorizations
- Prime and Composite Numbers
- Summary and Practice Exercise
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Prime and Composite Numbers
Guillermo Bautista, May 13, 2022
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1. Forming Rectangles with Squares
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2. Factors and Factorization
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3. Searching for Factorizations
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4. Prime and Composite Numbers
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5. Summary and Practice Exercise
Forming Rectangles with Squares
A unit square is a square with a side length of 1 unit. The rectangle below was formed using 6 unit squares. Its dimensions are 1 unit × 6 units or simply 1 × 6.
TASK
Using the Square tool, form as many rectangles as you can using exactly 6 unit squares.
Question 1
What are the dimensions of the rectangles that you have formed?
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Question 2
We know that a 1 × 6 and a 6 × 1 rectangle are just the same rectangle (Why?), so we can count them as one rectangle. Now that we know this, how many rectangles can we form if we use exactly 6 unit squares?
Question 3
How many rectangles can we form if we only use exactly 5 squares?
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