Types of Numbers

 

Summary

know the meanings of and know how to use:

  • prime numbers
  • exponents
  • factors
  • prime factors
  • composite numbers
  • multiples
  • reciprocals
  • squares
  • square roots

 

Key Skills

 

 

how to:

  • decide whether a number is a prime number
  • write numbers in exponent form
  • find the factors of a number
  • break a number into its prime factors
  • state the multiples of a number
  • find the reciprocal of a number and a fraction
  • know the first ten square numbers and their square roots

 

Vocabulary

whole numbersnatural numbersfactorprime number,reciprocalsquare, square root, prime factorcomposite numberexponent, multipleindexpower