Prime board
OwnerLaurel DRAKE, Daniel Joseph SHANKMANinventors
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Abstract
A method of using a math manipulative configured to help a user organize a breakdown of a given number into its prime factors, the method including using a board comprising columns, each column assigned to a different prime number and configured to accommodate chips, the board giving a visual picture of the prime factors of the given number to the user, and adding the chips in each of the columns by the user, wherein a number of chip added in each of the columns is the number of times the prime number corresponding to each column is a prime factor of the given number.
Claims3
A game comprising a board, a first chip, and a second chip,
- wherein each chip represents an integer, the board is configured to accommodate the first chip and the second chip, and the board is configured to allow a user to determine a greatest common factor or a least common multiple of the integers represented by the first chip and the second chip.
A method of using a math manipulative configured to help a user organize a breakdown of a given number into its prime factors, the method comprising:
- using a board comprising columns, each column assigned to a different prime number and configured to accommodate chips, the board giving a visual picture of the prime factors of the given number to the user;
- and
- adding the chips in each of the columns by the user, wherein a number of chip added in each of the columns is the number of times the prime number corresponding to each column is a prime factor of the given number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.