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2 is the smallest Prime number. Numbers can't have factors larger than themselves. Zero and one aren't large enough to have prime factors.

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Q: Explain Why the Numbers 0 and 1 have no prime factor?
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Do all numbers have at least one prime factor?

All whole numbers except for -1, 0 and 1 have at least one prime factor.


What is the same between prime and composite numbers?

A prime number has only 2 factors which are 1 and itself. Composite numbers are everything else, except 1 and 0. 1 and 0 are neither prime, nor composite. So 'what is the same', is that both prime and composite numbers have 1 as a factor, and itself as a factor.


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How can you tell that 32 and 95 are not prime numbers?

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Why are the numbers 0 and 1 neither prime nor composite?

0 has no factors and 1 only has 1 factor which is 1.


How do you figure out prime and composite?

Factor them. Prime numbers have two factors, composite numbers have more than two.


What is the prime and composite and how you determine?

Factor them. Prime numbers have two factors, composite numbers have more than two.


Is 0 a prime factor?

No. The smallest prime factor is 2.


What is the greatest common factor of three odd prime numbers?

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