Harnessing the power of primes: An educational game approach to prime numbers in middle school

This study introduces an innovative, game-based approach to teaching specific abstract concepts in Number Theory (prime numbers, the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic, and divisibility rule) to middle school students by immersing them in a simplified cryptographic world. The author developed two original educational board games: "The White Hat and the Ancient Key" and "Hacker Duel," which use custom components (cards representing "doors" with composite numbers and "keys" with prime factors) to m