Your extensive posting history on r/birdswitharms and your old fanfiction-heavy livejournal are both one tiny math problem away from becoming public knowledge. That math problem is prime number factoring, and the new era of quantum...

Certain cicada species in North America emerge from the ground by the millions every 13 or 17 years. But why those specific intervals? Are cicadas secretly prime-number-loving mathematicians?!

Is math real or simply something made up by mathematicians? You can't physically touch a number yet using numbers we're able to build skyscrapers and launch rockets into space. Mathematician Kelsey Houston-Edwards explains this...

A curious pattern in polar plots with prime numbers, together with discussion of Dirichlet's theorem

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As Numberland's best detective, you thought you'd seen it all. But the desiccated corpses of prominent natural numbers have been showing up all over the city. A lockdown is ordered from sundown to sunrise, and it's still not enough to...

They're millions of digits long, and it takes an army of mathematicians and machines to hunt them down -- what's not to love about monster primes? Adam Spencer, comedian and lifelong math geek, shares his passion for these odd numbers,...

In the video we will identify prime numbers from a list of values. We will review and understand that a prime number is any number that is only divisible by 1 and itself. We will review divisibility rules for 2, 3 and 5 to determine...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how to identify a prime factor of a number. Key learning points: - All numbers can be written as a product of 2 or more prime numbers. - A prime factor is a factor of a number which is prime.

Pupil outcome: I can solve problems with 4-digit dividends using factors and long division. Key learning points: - Factors of a divisor can be used to divide a dividend. - Listing multiples of the divisor improves efficiency and accuracy...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how to use factorisation and the associative law to multiply efficiently. Key learning points: - Multiplication can be simplified by factorising one of the factors. - Look at the factors to identify which are...

Pupil outcome: I can explain with and without an image how to add and subtract related non-unit fractions that bridge a whole. Key learning points: - Fractions need to have the same denominator if you are to add and subtract them. - When...

Pupil outcome: I can use knowledge of fractions in their simplest form when solving addition and subtraction problems. Key learning points: - You divide the numerator and denominator by the same factor to create the equivalent fraction....

Pupil outcome: I can reason about how to write a fraction in its simplest form. Key learning points: - A common factor is a number which is a factor of both the numerator and denominator. - A fraction is in its simplest form when there...

Pupil outcome: I can identify and explain whether a number is or is not a multiple of a given integer. Key learning points: - A number is a multiple of 6 if and only if it also is a multiple of 2 and 3. - For any multiple of 9 the sum of...

Pupil outcome: I can evaluate a number written as a product of its prime factors. Key learning points: - Evaluating a product of primes will give a unique positive integer. - It is useful to compare numbers using their prime factor...

Pupil outcome: I can state the properties of a prime number and can identify prime numbers. Key learning points: - Prime numbers all share the same properties. - Prime numbers can be identified using factors. - Prime numbers can be...

Pupil outcome: I can show the likelihood of an outcome on a scale. Key learning points: - A scale can be drawn showing the 5 different likelihoods. - The likelihood scale can be evaluated to understand why only 5 states are shown. -...

Pupil outcome: I can compare and contrast the usefulness of the different representations when calculating theoretical probabilities. Key learning points: - The probability of an outcome can be calculated from each representation. -...

Pupil outcome: I can systematically find all the possible outcomes for two events by using a Venn diagram. Key learning points: - Possible outcomes for two events can be shown in a Venn diagram. - The Venn diagram can be used to generate...

Pupil outcome: I can use the prime factorisation of two or more positive integers to efficiently identify the highest common factor. Key learning points: - Common factors can be found by comparing the products of their primes. - The...

Pupil outcome: I can systematically find all the possible outcomes for two events by listing them. Key learning points: - Possible outcomes for two events can be stated. - Possible outcomes for two events can be listed. - Possible...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how to identify a prime number or a composite number. Key learning points: - A prime number has only 2 factors, 1 and itself. - A composite number is a number with more than 2 factors.

Pupil outcome: I can explain how to identify common factors between two or more numbers. Key learning points: - A common factor is a factor which is shared by two or more numbers