Showing posts with label multiples. Show all posts
Showing posts with label multiples. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Factors or Multiples??

Each year, I find that my sixth grade students have great difficulty distinguishing between factors and multiples. A colleague of mine shared an idea that I love!! She suggested telling the students that there are only a few factors but there are millions of multiples! I always find myself stuttering the words ffffew ffffactors and mmmmillions of mmmmultiples!! It is amazing how reciting this has helped so many of them remember the difference!