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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.

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Q: What do you call one if it is not a prime or composite number?
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What do you call number 1 if it is not a prime or composite?

Just "one."


Is the number 1 composite or prime and why?

1 is neither a prime nor a composite number because it has only one factor (itself (1)). The definition of a prime number is a number that has the factor of one and itself, so one is not prime. The definition of a composite number is a number that has more than 2 factors, so one is not composite. One is a special number.


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A composite number is basically one that is NOT a prime - a composite number is a product of two or more primes.


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ANSWER: One is not a composite number.One is not also a prime number.


What do you call two prime numbers that are separated by only one composite number?

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Is forty one a prime or composite number?

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Name the two composite numbers that are prime?

No composite numbers are prime. A composite number is a number that can be made by multiplying other numbers. A prime number is made only by one and itself. Therefore no number can be both prime and composite


Is one a prime composite or neither?

The number 1 is neither a prime nor a composite number.


Is 251 a prime or composite number?

It is a prime number, and therefore not a composite number.251 is prime.


Is 222 prime or composite?

Composite A prime number is a number that has only two factors (itself and one) A composite number is a number that has more than two factors.


What is the smallest composite number that is divisible by none of the prime numbers?

If it is a composite number, it is divisible by at least one prime number.


Which number is not a composite number 13-63-61 or 31?

13 prime 63 composite 61 prime 31 prime Well the question should have been either, Which one of these numbers is not a composite number? Or, Which one of these numbers is not a prime number?