Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
UNIT 3
Factor Trees
Greatest Common Factor
Lowest Common Multiple
Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Equivalent Fractions
Addition of Fractions
EXPRESSING A NUMBER AS A
PRODUCT OF PRIME FACTORS
FACTOR TREES
Let’s use
Continue to express
all composite numbers
as products of two
factors until all the
factors are prime
numbers.
1 x 24 1 x 36
2 x 12 2 x 18
3x8 3 x 12
4x6 4x9
6x6
Factors of 24 are 1,2,3,4,6,8,12,24
Multiples of 2: 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20...
Multiples of 3: 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30...
NUMERATOR: This
number refers to the number of parts
of the whole you are dealing with.
DENOMINATOR:
This number refers to the total
number of pieces in the whole.
Seven people in total applied for the job. Four of those people were granted
interviews. Four of the seven received interviews.
FRACTIONS
14 divided by 3 is
Number of
Wholes Remainder
12 + 2 = 14