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Is 10 the first prime number?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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No, ten is not the first Prime number or a prime number at all. A prime number is a number with only two factors, 1 and itself. Since ten has 2 and 5 as factors as well as 1 and 10, it is not a prime number. 1 by definition is usually considered not a prime number, so 2 is the first prime number

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