Prime and Composite
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Hundreds Chart

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16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

 

DIRECTIONS:   Make a copy of this page and follow the directions. You will be left with all the prime numbers between 1 and 100, and they will be highlighted!

Cloud Callout: I forgot, What's a Prime Number?

Oval Callout: Any number that has only two factors: itself and 1.
  •   Highlight 2 (the smallest prime number), and starting with 4  cross out all even numbers (they are multiples of 2).
  •   Highlight 3, and starting with 6 cross out every third number (multiples of 3).
  •   What happens when you go to cross out multiples of four?
  •   Highlight 5, and starting with 10 cross out every fifth number (multiples of 5).
  •   What happens  when you go to cross out multiples of six?
  •   Highlight  7, and starting with  14 cross out every seventh number (multiples of 7). 

What happens when you go to cross out multiples of eight?  Do you now know that you do not have to cross out any more multiples that are even numbers?

  •   Cross out multiples of 9, starting with 9.  Are there any new numbers that have just been crossed out for the first time?  There shouldn't be, because all multiples of 9 are already multiples of 3.
  •  Any reason to cross out multiples of 10?  
  •   Highlight 11, and starting with 22 cross out every 11th number.  Did you find any "new" cross outs"?

 

The numbers 0 and 1 are considered neither prime nor composite, but any other numbers that are not crossed out on your chart are now to be highlighted, as these numbers are all Prime!  Congratulations, you now know all the Prime Numbers less than 100!

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