Monday, 8 May 2017
Friday, 5 May 2017
Sieve of Eratosthenes class 5 Activity
The Sieve of Eratosthenes was conducted in class V ,this method is used to find all the prime numbers that are less than 100.Students were given the following instructions.
Step 1: Write the numbers 1 to 100 in ten rows.
Step 2: Cross out 1 because 1 is not a prime.
Step 3: Circle 2 and cross out all multiples of 2. (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, ...)
Step 4: Circle 3 and cross out all multiples of 3. (3, 6, 9, 12, 15, ...)
Step 5: Circle 5 and cross out all multiples of 5. (5, 10, 15, 20, ...)
Step 6: Circle 7 and cross out all multiples of 7. (7, 14, 21, 28, ...)
Circle all the numbers that are not crossed out and they are the prime numbers less than 100.
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