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What are the difference between a composite number and a prime number?
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A Prime number has exactly two factors, 1 and the number itself. You should find no other factors of a prime number.
A composite number has *more* than two factors.
Examples of prime numbers:
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31
Examples of composite numbers:
4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33
Numbers that are neither prime nor composite:
0, 1
To test if a number is prime or not, try to find another number that divides it. For example, if I gave you 77... you should find that it is divisible by 7.
7 x 11 = 77
So 77 is not prime, it is COMPOSITE.
But if I gave you 37, you can't find any other number (besides 1 and 37), that will divide into it evenly.
So 37 is PRIME.
And remember that 0 and 1 are exceptions. They aren't considered prime or composite.
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The difference is that a prime number only has two factors that's one and itself, a composite has more factors than one and itself.
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The difference between a prime and a composite?
Prime numbers have two factors, composite numbers have more than two.
What is the difference between the largest prime number less than 50 and the smallest composite number greater than 10?
47 - 12 = 35
Is 17 prime or composite number?
It is prime
How can you tell the difference between a prime number and a composite number?
Prime numbers have two factors. Composite numbers have more than two.
What is a difference between a composite number and a prime?
The difference is that a prime number only has two factors that's one and itself, a composite has more factors than one and itself.
What is the difference between the greatest composite number and the greatest prime number below 100?
well it is how the prime you can only multiply it by on and the composite number u can have more pairs of factors hat the composite.
What is the difference between two prime numbers is a composite number which could be the prime numbers?
11 and 7 have a difference of 4.
Do twin primes have one composite number between them?
No, twin primes are pairs of prime numbers that have only one number between them which is a composite number. For example, (3, 5) and (11, 13) are twin prime pairs with the composite number 4 and 12 respectively between them.
What is the difference between the greatest composite number and greatest prime number below 100?
It is: 99-97 = 2
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What is the difference between the sum first ten prime number and first ten composite number?
129 - 112 = 17
What is the difference between a prime and compostite number?
A prime number has only 2 factors which are itself and one whereas a composite number has more than 2 factors
What is differences between prime number and compost number?
The difference between prime and composite numbers is simple. Prime numbers have only two factors, 1 and itself. Composite numbers are divisible by more than two numbers
The difference between a prime and a composite?
Prime numbers have two factors, composite numbers have more than two.
What is the difference between prime and compostie number?
A prime number is a positive integer with two factors: one and the number itself. A composite number is a positive integer with more than two factors.
