PRIMALITY TESTS: A COMPLEMENT TO TRAINING TEACHERS AND A TEACHING PROPOSAL FOR EDUCATION BASIC
Arithmetic. Prime numbers. primality tests. Following teaching
Mathematics is a science that plays an extremely important role in technological development, given its vast application in various areas. Given its potential contributions, there is a need for continuous exploration, considering the mysteries and peculiarities that persist without a solution and that could lead to new discoveries. Prime numbers, for example, considered by many mathematicians as the "atoms of arithmetic," are still an enigma, concerning the curiosities and mysteries that surround them and still persist to this day. Thus, the present work, which is a bibliographic research, aims to provide basic education teachers with the necessary material for a deeper understanding of prime numbers, with an emphasis on primality criteria. It also presents a teaching proposal for this same stage, through a didactic sequence that meets the specificities of the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC).