A single Venn diagram task for Year 6 maths. Pupils compare the factors of 36 and the factors of 48, writing nine lettered numbers into the correct region of a two-circle diagram. The answer key sorts them into only factors of 36, common factors, and only factors of 48. Matched to the England National Curriculum objective on factors, multiples and primes.
Number — addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
“Identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers”
Sorting factors of 36 and 48 makes pupils find the common factors themselves.
A two-circle Venn diagram comparing the factors of 36 with the factors of 48.
Items labelled A to I, each written into the correct region of the diagram.
Correct sorting shown in three columns, including the common factors.
Lesson starter
One diagram makes a focused ten-minute warm-up on factors.
Maths display
Completed diagrams work as a quick classroom display on common factors.
Intervention group
Listing factors of one number at a time gives structure for pupils who miss factor pairs.
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