Lesson: Prime Factorization with Exponents Mathematics • 6th Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to use different strategies to find prime factorization using exponents.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

identify the prime factors of a number,
identify the number that results in a product of prime factors and understand that this result is unique,
find the prime factorization of a number using a factor tree (for smaller numbers),
find the prime factorization of a number by dividing by primes (for larger numbers).

Q1:

Is it true to say that, without repetition, are the only prime factors of 18?

Q2:

How many prime factors does 76 have without repetition?

Q3:

Write the prime factorization of 392 in exponent form.