This document is a project menu for a prime and composite numbers assignment. It provides students with a choice of activities totaling a certain number of points. The activities range from coloring a 100s chart to identify prime and composite numbers, to creating a poster advertising prime numbers, to writing from the perspective of a prime or composite number, to developing an original dichotomous key or flow chart for determining if a number is prime or composite. The highest point value activities involve more complex tasks like creating an attendance list of numbers related to a missing number or conducting research on an ancient algorithm for finding prime numbers.

1. Name __________________________________________ Due Date _____________________________
Prime and Composite Numbers
Project Menu
Directions: Choose 2 activities from the menu below. The activities must total _____ points.
Place a checkmark in each box to show which activities you will complete.
2 Points – Remember and Understand
 Fill in a 100s chart, color coding the prime and composite numbers. Circle the
square numbers.
 Create a themed poster advertising 10 prime numbers – make them seem
popular and unique
5 Points – Apply and Analyze
 Write a journal entry from the point of a view of a prime or composite number
and its feelings about its fact families.
 Create a poster that lists the rules for prime and composite numbers.
 Create a song or rap that would help your classmates remember the difference
between prime and composite numbers.
 Free choice – Prepare a proposal form and submit to your teacher for approval.
8 Points – Evaluate and Create
 Create your own dichotomous key or flow chart that tells the steps to determine
if a number is prime or composite. Try and find the fewest steps to guarantee
your answer.
 Crisis has struck! The number 8 has suddenly disappeared. All of the numbers in
his fact family, as well as the numbers he is a part of, have gotten together to try
and search for him. Make an attendance list that tells the relationship to 8 for all
the numbers who will join the search.
 Conduct research on Eratosthenes and his ancient algorithm, Sieve of
Eratosthenes