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Class 6 SCERT AP

Prime Time Laboratory

Chapter 5 • Explore Factors, Primes, Factor Trees & Divisibility Tests

explore Adjust the slider below to pack farm figs (anjeer) in distinct rect grids to prove if a number is prime or composite!

grain Anjeer Rectangles

Class 6 Section 5.2: Guna and Anshu pack figs from their farm. Adjust the count to see how many rectangular layouts are possible!

Number of Figs: 12 Figs
Interactive Factor Analysis
school Prime vs. Composite:

If you can make more than one rectangular arrangement (more than 2 factors), the number is Composite. If you can make only one unique layout (like 1 × 7 or 7 × 1), the number has only two factors and is Prime!

Active Rectangular Arrays

12 is a Composite Number!
Because 12 can be divided by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12, it has more than 2 distinct factors.