Five a Day - Calculations - Properties of number 2

KS2Gems presents "Maths Five a Day," a daily practice resource featuring five SATs style questions that focus on the properties of numbers, including multiples, factors, primes, squares, and cubes. Each question is crafted to emulate the type of questions found in past SATs papers, offering students a familiar format to test their knowledge. The answers are conveniently provided on the slide following each question, making this an ideal tool for both assessing students' understanding and for retrieval practice at the start of a lesson.

The questions range from identifying prime numbers and their properties to categorising numbers as factors of given numbers or as square numbers. For example, students are asked to circle the prime number from a given set and explain why the other numbers do not qualify as primes. Another task involves sorting numbers onto cards labelled as factors of specific numbers or as prime numbers, reinforcing their understanding of these mathematical concepts. Additionally, the resource challenges common misconceptions, such as the belief that square numbers have an even number of factors or that larger numbers always have more factors, encouraging students to think critically and deepen their comprehension of number properties.