Question

Is prime a composite number, a prime number, both or neither? Pease explain.

Answer 1

A prime number is a whole number that only has two factors which are itself and one. A composite number has factors in addition to one and itself. The numbers 0 and 1 are neither prime nor composite. All even numbers are divisible by two and so all even numbers greater than two are composite numbers.

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Answer 2

composite number is made up of 2 or more prime numbers
a prime number is only made up of itself and 1

composite and prime numbers are like oposites

a prime is not a composite but it is a prime number
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