This page lists the Learning Objectives for all lessons in Unit 3.
Factors and Greatest Common Factors
The student will be able to:
- Define factor, whole number, counting number, remainder, quotient and greatest common factor.
- Connect the whole-number dimensions of a rectangular garden to finding factors.
- Identify and list all factors of a given whole number.
- Determine the greatest common factor of two or more whole numbers.
- Describe the procedure for finding the greatest common factor of two or more whole numbers.
- Recognize the difference between a common factor and the greatest common factor of two or more whole numbers.
- Apply factoring concepts and procedures to complete five interactive exercises.
Multiples and Least Common Multiples
The student will be able to:
- Define multiple and least common multiple.
- Identify and list the set of multiples for a given whole number.
- Determine the least common multiple of two or more whole numbers.
- Recognize that the set of multiples for a given whole number is infinite.
- Describe the procedure for finding the least common multiple of two or more whole numbers.
- Recognize the difference between a common multiple and the least common multiple of two or more whole numbers.
- Apply multiple concepts and procedures to complete five interactive exercises.
Prime and Composite Numbers
The student will be able to:
- Define prime, composite and inclusive.
- Determine if a given whole number is prime or composite by finding all of its factors.
- Describe the procedure for determining if a whole number is prime or composite.
- Identify and list all prime numbers within a given range of whole numbers.
- Recognize that the number one is neither prime nor composite.
- Explain why a given number is prime or composite using full sentences.
- Apply prime and composite concepts and procedures to complete five interactive exercises.
Divisibility Tests
The student will be able to:
- Define divisibility test.
- Restate divisibility tests for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10.
- Perform a single divisibility test on a given whole number.
- Perform several divisibility tests on a given whole number.
- Choose and perform divisibility tests to determine if a number is prime or composite.
- Recognize the need for divisibility tests when working with large, whole numbers.
- Choose and perform divisibility tests to complete five interactive exercises.
Exponents
The student will be able to:
- Define base and exponent.
- Discover the need for exponential notation when writing a product of many factors.
- Recite and write numbers in exponential form.
- Indicate if a number is written in exponential form, factor form or standard form.
- Restate the rules for a base with an exponent of zero and one.
- Convert numbers between exponential form, factor form and standard form.
- Apply exponential concepts to complete five interactive exercises.
Pattern and Exponents
The student will be able to:
- Define powers.
- Identify the rule for a pattern of numbers by examining a list of powers.
- Predict the next number in the list of powers for a given a number.
- Given a base raised to the nth power, determine the standard form of that base raised to the n+1 power using a single multiplication.
- Evaluate five interactive exercises with word problems.
- Analyze each word problem to identify the given information.
- Formulate a strategy for solving each problem.
- Apply advanced exponential concepts to solve problems.
Practice Exercises
The student will be able to:
- Examine ten interactive exercises for all topics in this unit.
- Determine which concepts and procedures are needed to complete each practice exercise.
- Compute answers by applying procedures, and by predicting the next number in a sequence.
- Self-assess knowledge and skills acquired from this unit.
Challenge Exercises
The student will be able to:
- Evaluate ten interactive exercises with word problems for all topics in this unit.
- Analyze each word problem to identify the given information.
- Formulate a strategy for solving each problem.
- Apply strategies to solve routine and non-routine problems.
- Synthesize all information presented in this unit.
- Connect number theory to the real world.
- Develop problem-solving skills.
Solutions
The student will be able to:
- Examine the solution for each exercise presented in this unit.
- Identify which solutions need to be reviewed.
- Compare solutions to completed exercises.
- Identify and evaluate incorrect answers.
- Amend and label original answers.
- Identify areas of strength and weakness.
- Decide which concepts and procedures need to be reviewed from this unit.