Introducing Prime Numbers - Worksheet

The worksheet titled "Introducing Prime Numbers" is an educational resource designed to help students understand and identify prime and composite numbers. The first part of the worksheet is a number sorting activity where students are presented with a list of numbers that they must categorise into two groups: prime and composite. Numbers such as 2, 17, and 29 are provided along with others, and students must determine the correct group for each number based on their understanding of prime numbers, which have only two distinct factors: 1 and themselves.

Another section of the worksheet focuses on reinforcing the concept of prime numbers through various exercises. Students are asked to circle prime numbers from a given list, ensuring they are familiar with how to recognise these numbers. Additionally, the worksheet includes a series of questions where students must write all the prime numbers within specific ranges, such as between 2 and 20, or 30 and 40. It also challenges students with true or false statements regarding properties of prime numbers, such as whether they are all odd or have exactly two factors. Lastly, the worksheet prompts learners to explore the interesting characteristic of prime numbers with reversed digits, like 17 and 71, and find other such pairs, further engaging them in the fascinating world of prime numbers.