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What are prime and composite numbers

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Primes are only divisible by 1 and themselves. An example would be 5.

Composites have 3 or more factors. An example would be 77.

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A prime number is a number ( greater than 1) and it cannot be found/formed by multiplying two smaller numbers.

A composite number is a positive number/integer that can be found/formed by multiplying two smaller numbers/integers.

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