Stage: 2 Challenge Level: 
Try numbers which have products with suitable factors. For example $21$ would not be a good choice as one of its factors is $7$.
Factors and multiples. Dice. Investigations. Addition & subtraction. Trial and improvement. Working systematically. Combinations. Divisibility. Multiplication & division. Generalising.
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