It is a composite number.
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a composite number just to let you know, the only even prime number is 298 is a composite number. 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.98 is composite.
a composite number
The prime factorisation of 98 is 2*7squared
Composite, it is divisible by 2,7,14, and 49
No, 98 is divisible by 2; therefore, it is a composite number.
The number 98 is a composite number because it can be divided into 2 equally and the answer would be 49. Hoped this helped.
Since it ends with an 8, it's an even number, which means it's divisible by 2. That's all we need, in order to know that it can't be a prime number, so it must be composite. Put that little factoid in your pocket and keep it: No even number except 2 is a prime number.
composite because it has more than two factors.
As for example 98 as a product of its prime factors is: 2*7*7 = 98
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. 98 is composite.