Sorting Primes and Composites

Worksheet Description

This worksheet is a sorting activity where students are tasked with classifying a list of numbers from 1 to 50 into two categories: prime numbers and composite numbers. The worksheet provides two columns, one labeled ‘Prime Number’ and the other ‘Composite Number,’ for students to organize the given numbers accordingly. This format allows students to actively engage with each number and decide where it should be placed based on its properties. The activity is structured to reinforce the understanding of the mathematical concepts of prime and composite numbers through categorization.

The worksheet’s purpose is to teach students how to differentiate between prime and composite numbers by examining each number’s divisibility. It encourages students to recall and apply the definition of prime numbers, which have exactly two unique divisors, and composite numbers, which have more than two divisors. This sorting exercise aids in reinforcing the students’ recognition and memory of prime and composite numbers. Moreover, it serves as a practical application of the divisibility rules and factorization they may have learned in class.