Divisibility is a number’s ability to be exactly divided by another number, leaving no remainder.

Divisibility tests for 2 and 3

Maths

This unit on factors, multiples, squares and cubes helps pupils build on their understanding that any positive integer can be expressed as a product of its factors. This skill is used in the next unit to explore multiplying and dividing with decimals.

In this unit, pupils learnt how to identify common factors and common multiples. in this unit, pupils build on this understanding to find the LCM and HCF

Properties of number: factors, multiples, squares and cubes

__________ is a number’s ability to be exactly divided by another number, leaving no remainder.

Sofia says, "All multiples of 2 are even." Is Sofia's statement sometimes true, always true or never true?

Jun says, "All common multiples of 3 and 5 are even."  Is Jun's statement sometimes true, always true or never true?

the digit in the ones column is always a 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8

the number is even and sum of the digits is a multiple of 3

Match each description of a multiple with the correct divisibility test.

Match each number with the correct statement.

Match an example of a common multiple of the numbers given.

Identify the common multiples of 2 and 7.

There are no common multiples of 3, 4 and 5

Identify the common multiples of 3, 4, and 5

A light flashes every 4 minutes. Another light flashes every 5 minutes. At 9 am, they flash at the same time. What time will they next flash together?

Starting with the largest, put these fractions in order of size. Use a common denominator to help you.

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