Factor algorithms and spreadsheets
Create and use algorithms with steps and decisions, and digital tools such as spreadsheets, to experiment with factors, multiples and divisibility, and describe the patterns that emerge
Lesson
Set out your lesson
“Factor algorithms and spreadsheets means practising the idea at the table with counters or paper models and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.”
Bring to the table
- Place-value cards or columns (hundreds/tens/ones)
- Digit cards 0–9
Extra for the adult
Worked example. In 243, the 2 means 2 hundreds, the 4 means 4 tens, the 3 means 3 ones.
Optional challenge. For Factor algorithms and spreadsheets, add one harder example after success.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: examples tried; results; support used. This session samples Factor algorithms and spreadsheets, not mastery.
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KS3 Maths
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KS3 Maths supports Factor algorithms and spreadsheets. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Check understanding
- Write an algorithm that tests every number from 1 to 24 and records it if 24 divided by it leaves no remainder
- Use a spreadsheet column of multiples of 6 and highlight those that are also multiples of 4
- Describe the pattern found when listing numbers between 1 and 50 that have exactly two factors
“Can your child set up a list or spreadsheet to find all the numbers that divide into 24 — and spot patterns, like which numbers have only two factors?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Multiplication & Division
- Age range
- Ages 10–11
Standards