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All numbers, (except 1) have at least two factors: 1 and the number itself. So, there are no numbers, besides 1, with only 1 factor. And 1 is neither prime nor composite.
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What do you call a number that is not a prime number?
Composite
What is a composite number that can be exspressed as a product of its?
When a composite number is expressed as the product of its prime factors, we call that the prime factorization.
What do you call a number that isn't a prime number?
composite number
What do you call a number that is not composite and not prime?
There is no name for such numbers.
What do you call one if it is not a prime or composite number?
The property of prime or composite is not defined for the number 1, just as it is not defined for any number that has a fractional part. There are no special names for numbers that are not prime nor composite.
What do you call a number with only 1 prime factor?
a prime number
What do you call number 1 if it is not a prime or composite?
Just "one."
Why don't people call 1 a prime number?
The number one only has one factor... 1. Prime numbers have two factors, and composite numbers have more than two factors. One is just... out there.
What do you call a number that's neither prime or composite?
One.By definition numbers are:prime if they have only 2 distinct factors (namely 1 and the number itself);composite if they have 3 or more distinct factorsThe important thing to note is the word distinct. The number 1 has only 1 distinct factor, namely 1; thus it is neither a prime (the first prime number is 2) nor composite.
What do you call a number that isn't prime or composite?
There is no specific name for such numbers.
What do you call any whole number greater than 1 that is not a prime number?
A composite number.
What do you call a factor more than two factors?
A composite number
