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54 is not too bad because it’s only 2 digits. Forgive the lack of division symbol as go through this for you. I’m on my phone and I don’t know how to get that on my phone keyboard. 🥴😬 Let’s try it a different way. We can just list the factor pairs. We know we are going to start with 1, right? So 1x54 Imagine our page in 2 sides: on the left I’m going to write the paired factors and on the right, any working out we need to write down to help us. So we have started with 1x54. 54 is an even number so you know 2 is a factor. In the right, work out 54 divided by 2… 27 On the left write 2x54 I know 3 is going to be a factor because the rule of divisibility for 3 tells me: add digits together, if the sum is in 3x table, 3 is a factor. On the right, do 54 / 3. We get 18 On the left we put 3x18 Does 4 work? Check it on the right. 54 / 4… 13.5, remainder means not a factor. You know 5 is not a factor because everything divisible by 5 ends in 5 or 0. What about 6? Well of course we know that 6x9=54 So we write that on the left too. The left hand side of the page looks like this: 1x54 2x27 3x18 6x9 Now to ace the problem, because above we have done all the work, next we just collect those factors and list them in ascending order. I like to write this under my paired factors on the left: Factors of 54: 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54 Yes, I could have used the prime factorization method, but when you are just starting out on this sort of problem, this factor pairing approach I just went through for you will make much more sense. Actually, now you know what the factors are, you could explore the prime factorization method too if you want. 54 is from 6x9 PF of 6=2x3, PF of 9=3x3 Can you start to see how multiplying all possible combinations will get you to this factor pairs we got? The prime factorization method is better for a) you know what you’re doing with prime factorization (you’ve already done a bunch and are fully confident) and b) your teacher has given you some horrible number that you are completely stuck on and told you to use Guess-and-check to find all the factors. I once observed a teacher do this to a class of grade 7 kids who started out well but became more dejected and down on themselves as the time went on and the teacher did nothing to help them. So I came up with this strategy as a Save-All. The prime factorization method is just one strategy, and as you know there are different strategies you can use in math to arrive at your answer. Use factor pairs like I showed you, you’ll do great! 🤗😃🥰

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Glad to help you make sense of it. 😉😃

omg hello i didnt expect you to reply to this comment also your vids are very simple and easy to understand :D

@kulblox If I see a comment, I reply. There used to be a lot more interaction with viewers, but then YT forced most of my vids to be classified as ‘for children’, which means comments are not allowed.

@@LetsDoMath ohh ok i get it !

You wrote perfectly! Thank you for your note. I am happy to help and very happy that you are confident with this type of problem now. Way to go! 😃🤗🥰

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I think if you model one for yourself on paper, it will make more sense. Even if you do my example, pause the vid and do each step before me then check your process. You can do this. 😃😉🤗

@@LetsDoMathI think I get it now!thanks!.

@teresasdrawingchannel718 wonderful! The main thing with learning any new bit of math thinking or process is to come at it with a mindset of ‘I can get this, it doesn’t matter if it takes me a few goes’. Don’t give up, get in there and try. Once you engage with it, I believe you’re always going to meet with some level of success, and that’s your starting point to build from. Getting your hands dirty is always the way to go - we learn by watching, doing alongside, then doing for ourselves. You GO, Teresa! 🤗😃🥰

Hi there. Only just seen your note come up. I made a second vid on this technique - using repeated primes. That will shed a lot of light for you. I realise it’s later than you needed. Sorry about that. 🥹🤗

Best of luck! Keep calm and think clearly before answering - don’t rush it. 😃

Take a look at the second one too, with repeating primes as part of the decomposition. Tbh, I don’t know that we need this very often. I came up with this method in answer to the really horrible times when I’ve seen a class be told to find all the factors using ‘guess and check’. That approach is disheartening for me, never mind seeing kids’ confidence get crushed that way! We want to enable kids as mathematicians, not leave them feeling unable to do it, or even find a way n to start beyond crappy guess n check!

What level/grade is the test? Knowing this will help me guide you in my answer.

Thanks 😃

There's a living breathing person behind every YT video uk, and who knows maybe she "IS A TEACHER"

@a.k.2205 …and you know what? I am a teacher! 🤗😃🥰

@@LetsDoMath You teach well Miss teacher 🤭🥰

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Glad to help! 🤗😃

Any number over itself = 1 whole. So for example 2/2=1, 5/5=1, 17/17 = 1. Why is that? Well you can read a fraction as so many (numerator) parts out of (so many parts) denominator. 2/2 means 2 parts out of a whole containing 2 parts. Therefore 1 whole. Whatever the fraction is that you have to subtract, you simply make 1 whole from that same denominator and obviously the same value as the numerator and reduce your whole number by that 1. Exactly like you see me do in this vid. Ex: 5 - 3/7 Becomes 4 7/7 - 3/7 Answer: 4 4/7 I hope that helps you.

Thanks for this super note! I’m glad to help you. You might like to use the website I made - www.letsdomath.ca I think it’s easier to find just what you want there. Plus I made it look pretty cute. 😃🥰

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Please use my website www.letsdomath.ca Go to the signpost and click on Resources. That takes you to the video links. Scroll down through the subjects and you’ll find Division. Start at the top of the stack. Do you know your times tables? In order to be swift at division you need those multiplication facts permanently ingrained in your brain. It’s the number one thing you can do for yourself to turn it round from struggling in math to being confident and ready to rock the class.

@@LetsDoMath thank you for the website ♥️

You need to get it so that you are dividing by a whole number. However many places you move that point in the number you are dividing by, you move the point in the number you have to divide up (the number inside the ‘division house’).