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Is 17 a prime number or a composite number?

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Answer:

It is a prime number.

Explanation:

Composite numbers mean that there are multiple factors, and factors are numbers which can be multiplied together to get another number, for example, 6's factors would be 1,2,3, and 6, because 1 times 6 is 6 and 2 times 3 is 6.

Ex: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 100, 1000, 100000000000

Prime numbers mean that there is only two factors in a number, which are 1, and the number itself. There shouldn't be any other factors which multiply up to it.

Ex: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37

GREAT PARTY TRICK:

(it only works at certain parties tho)

1 IS NOT A PRIME NUMBER OR A COMPOSITE NUMBER.

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