Wiki User
∙ 9y ago323, 578 and 5929
Wiki User
∙ 9y agosquares of prime numbers
Prime numbers have two and only two factors. Composite numbers have three or more.
Prime numbers have exactly two factors. 3 has exactly two factors: 1 and 3. So 3 is prime. Composite numbers have more than two factors. 4 is composite because it has three factors: 1, 2, and 4.
A prime number is a whole number that has only two distinct factors: 1 and the number itself. A composite number has at least three distinct factors.
Just multiply the first three prime numbers together.
squares of prime numbers
Twenty is composite. It has the factors 1, 2, 4 ,5, 10, and 20. Prime numbers have exactly two factors. Composite numbers have three or more.
Not necessarily. The prime factorization of the composite number 10 is 2 x 5. Composite numbers have three or more factors.
By factoring them. Prime numbers have only two factors. Composite numbers have three or more.
Prime numbers have two and only two factors. Composite numbers have three or more.
Prime numbers have exactly two factors. 3 has exactly two factors: 1 and 3. So 3 is prime. Composite numbers have more than two factors. 4 is composite because it has three factors: 1, 2, and 4.
Composite numbers have three or more factors.
A prime number is a whole number that has only two distinct factors: 1 and the number itself. A composite number has at least three distinct factors.
Just multiply the first three prime numbers together.
9 has three factors: 1, 3, 9 9 is composite. 3 is prime. 1 is neither.
Not necessarily. The prime factorization of the composite number 10 is 2 x 5. Composite numbers have three or more factors.
The purpose of composite numbers is a number that has three or more factors.