id: 06150385 dt: j an: 2013b.00554 au: Mooney, Edward S.; Bair, Sherry L. ti: Composites and primes. so: Math. Teach. Middle Sch. 17, No. 2, 70-73 (2011). py: 2011 pu: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Reston, VA la: EN cc: F60 F30 D50 A20 ut: prime numbers; divisibility; problem solving strategies; experience reports; lower secondary; recreational mathematics ci: li: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5951/mathteacmiddscho.17.2.0070 ab: The article presents students’ solutions and solution strategies on the problem: Place the digits 1 through 9 into a $3\times 3$ grid so that each row forms a three-digit composite number and each column forms a three-digit prime number; each digit must be used once in the grid; explain how you found your solution and how many solutions can be found. rv: Peter Dürr (Linkenheim)