Identifying Primes: Real-world Applications in Travel & Maps

Mathematics
GCSE Higher
11 questions
~22 mins
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A worksheet focusing on identifying prime numbers through real-world travel and map contexts, designed for GCSE Higher students.

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Identifying Primes: Real-world Applications in Travel & Maps

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Grade GCSE Higher
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Practice Questions

Answer all questions. Show your working in the grid spaces provided.
1.
Identify whether 37 is a prime number. Show your working.
[2 marks]
2.
List all prime numbers between 10 and 30.
[2 marks]
3.
Determine if 49 is a prime number. Explain your reasoning.
[2 marks]
4.
Calculate whether 51 is prime by testing divisibility. Show your working.
[3 marks]
5.
Identify the prime factors of 91.
[3 marks]
6.
A map shows two cities numbered 101 and 103. Are these numbers likely prime? Explain your reasoning.
[3 marks]
7.
On a route, the bus stops are numbered 89, 90, 91, 92, 93. Which stops are at prime numbers? Show your working.
[3 marks]
8.
Construct a route map with stops numbered 97, 98, 99, 100, 101. Mark the prime numbers and justify your choices.
[3 marks]
9.
A map scale indicates that the distance between two locations is 113 units. Is 113 a prime? Justify your answer.
[3 marks]
10.
Error Analysis: A student claims that 121 is a prime number. Identify and correct the mistake.
[4 marks]
11.
Challenge & Extension: Find the next prime number after 113. Show your working.
[4 marks]

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Created
1/1/2026
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