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Q: Are there two consecutive whole number that are both prime number?
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Why can there never be a pair of consecutive prime numbers that are both prime?

If you mean consecutive numbers that are prime? than the answer is 2,3 are consecutive numbers which are prime. except for this pair it is impossible for consecutive numbers to be prime because every second number is multiple of 2


Who do you know that there are no other consecutive numbers besides 2 and 3?

Both prime number


How are 2 and 3 consecutive prime numbers?

2 and 3 are consecutive numbers and they are both prime.


How do you know twin prime number?

You take two consecutive odd numbers and check both of them to see whether they are prime or not.


What are prime factors of 62?

the prime factors are 2 and 31. Both of these numbers can not be divide by any other whole number to get another whole number therefore they are called prime.


What whole number less than 20 is both an even and prime number?

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What is a consecutive prime numbers?

Consecutive prime numbers are 2 integers that differ by 1 and are both prime. Since 2 is the only even prime, 2 and 3 are the only consecutive primes.


What you mean by co-prime number?

Two number are co-prime if there is no whole number other than 1 that divides them both exactly


Why aren't there any other pairs of consecutive prime numbers?

Ah hah! You didn't say so, but you must be talking about 2 and 3 ... the only two consecutive numbers that are both prime numbers. There can't be any others. Because if you have any other two consecutive numbers, one of them has to be an even number ... divisible by 2. Since that number is divisible by 2, it's not a prime number.


Why isn't 8 nor 9 a prime number?

If it is divisible by a whole number that isn't 1 and gets another whole number, it is not prime. 8 is divisible by both 2 and 4. 9 is divisible by 3.


What does this whole sentence mean is 25 a square number or a composite number or a prime number?

25 is both square and composite


What is the large whole number that divides exactly into both 7 and 12?

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