Major Objectives of Chapter 4: Number Theory

Students will be able to:

o use a calculator or other techniques to find the multiples and factors of a number;

o use simple divisibility rules to determine if one number is divisible by another;

o identify when a number is prime and when it is composite;

o find the prime factorization of a number;

o use prime factorization to find the LCM and GCF of a pair of numbers;

o identify some useful classifications and relationships involving prime and composite numbers;

o choose a key number theory theorem and show how deductive reasoning can be used to verify the theorem

o explain what is means for one number to be a factor of another; and

o explain what it means for one number to be a multiple of another.