Hi stefy mj here question 1 (d) write down an explanation as to how you found these numbers?

is the next prime number 9 then? send asnwer back now?

is it 8 then? let me know?

is it 11 then? let me know please?

hi stefy how do you check if it is a prime number then? send me asnswer now please?

You could check if it was divisible by any number between 1 and 11 not including them,but it is easier to check divisibility by every number to the approximate square root of the number. E.g.:

sqrt(11)=3.something,where something represents the decimals. This means we check for all numbers from 2 to 3,that is,you check divisibility by 2 and 3 only.

Can you work out if 53 is a prime?

look at my picture

12 has factors.

Will you try 13?

Bob

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You should have found that 13 has no factors.

So it is prime.

What is the next prime after 13?

Bob

What factors did you find for 53?

Bob

Hi bob bundy the next prime number after 13 is 17 am i right? and the factor for 53 is there is not one am i right?

hi bob bundy i am not sure? let me know? what should i do now?

Hi bob bundy here is my home work for you prime number are 19 , 59, 101 then? and the prime numbers beween 
17 - 97 are 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 31, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89 let me know if i am right or not please? Then let me know what to do next? I will look tomorrow ok?

Hi Mandy,

That's really great.  Well done.

Let's do one more thing with prime numbers.

It will help to make the idea really clear for you.

Below I've started a picture which will show every prime below 100.

Now you already know these so it will be a good way to practise the ideas.

What you do is shade all the squares that are not primes.

What is left un-shaded should be just the list of primes.

Step one.  Print off the picture or make a copy using square paper.

Step two.

Shading everything in the 2x table.  Now we know that 2 is a prime so don't make a mistake and shade 2 itself.

But everything else in the 2x table will have 2 as a factor.

eg.  4 = 2x2
       6 = 2x3
       8 = 2x4       and so on.

So I've shaded some of the 2x table in yellow.  Your job is to finish off all the 2s in yellow.

Step three.

Shading everything in the 3x table.  Now we know that 3 is a prime so don't make a mistake and shade 3 itself.

Also, some of the 3x table has already been shaded yellow. 

eg 6 = 2x3 is in both 2 and 3 x tables.

So you only need to shade the ones like

9 = 3x3 and 15 = 3x5 and so on.  I've used orange for these.  Your job is to shade every 3rd number to finish off all the 3s in orange.

Step four.

The 5x table.  (Can you see why I've skipped the 4x table?)

As usual don't shade 5 itself, but very 5th number after that,  if it isn't already shaded.  I've suggested blue for these.

Step five.

The 7x table. (Can you see why I've skipped the 6x table?)

As usual don't shade 7 itself, but very 7th number after that,  if it isn't already shaded.  I've suggested green for these.

By now you should have only the primes left unshaded.  Take care because it is hard to unshade if you make a mistake.

The satisfying thing will be doing this yourself and ending up with the same list you have already.

Good luck with it,

Bob

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