Football Maths - Prime Numbers - with answers provided.

Prime numbers are formally introduced in the UK National Curriculum during Year 5.

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Football Maths: Prime Numbers

Make learning about prime and composite numbers fun with this engaging football-themed maths resource.

Designed for primary pupils, this activity pack introduces the meaning of prime numbers and gives learners a range of opportunities to identify, sort and investigate them. Pupils complete football-themed challenges, including scoring goals with prime numbers, identifying footballers with prime-numbered shirts, sorting numbers into prime and composite teams, and using a hundred square to find all prime numbers up to 100.

The resource also includes an extension activity that introduces the square-root method for testing whether larger numbers are prime or composite, with a clear worked example. A full answer section is included, along with a printable Prime Number Champion certificate.

Included in this resource
Clear explanation of prime numbers
Prime-number goal activity
Football shirt number challenge
Prime and composite sorting activity
Hundred square investigation
Prime or composite extension challenge
Step-by-step square-root method
Worked example
Answer pages
Prime Number Champion certificate

Suitable for whole-class teaching, independent work, small-group activities, homework, revision or maths intervention.

This resource supports pupils in developing confidence with factors, prime numbers, composite numbers and mathematical reasoning.