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What's Another Definition for Prime and Composite Numbers?
Definition: Prime and Composite Numbers
Summary
- A prime number must have 1 and itself as its ONLY factors
- A composite number must have factors OTHER than 1 and itself
- There are no factors of 19 besides 1 and 19, so 19 is prime
- If a number is evenly divisible by another number, then the result of that division is an integer
- 2 is the smallest prime number, and is the only even prime number
- 3 goes into 21 evenly 7 times
- 21 has 7 and 3 as its factors, which makes 21 a composite number

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- A composite number must have factors OTHER than 1 and itself
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- If a number is evenly divisible by another number, then the result of that division is an integer
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- If a number is evenly divisible by another number, then the result of that division is an integer
- 19/2 is equal to 9.5
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- If a number is evenly divisible by another number, then the result of that division is an integer
- 19/3 is equal to 6 and 1/3
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- If a number is evenly divisible by another number, then the result of that division is an integer
- 19/4 is equal to 4.75
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- A prime number must have 1 and itself as its ONLY factors
- 2 is the smallest prime number
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- A prime number must have 1 and itself as its ONLY factors
- A composite number must have factors OTHER than 1 and itself
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- If a number is evenly divisible by another number, then the result of that division is an integer
- 7 is an integer
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- A composite number must have factors OTHER than 1 and itself