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What even number is a prime?

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A Prime number is a number that can only be evenly divided by 1 and itself.

For example, 7 is a prime number because it can only be evenly divided by 1 and 7.

Even numbers are 2, 4, 6, 8, 0, or end in these numbers.

So, an even prime number is a number that can only be divided by 1 and itself and is even.

Therefore, since 2 can be divided into every even number, it is the only possible even prime number.

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A prime number is any number that only has one and itself as factors. By definition even numbers have a factor of two. Therefore the only number that is even and prime is the number 2.

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2 it only has 2 factors - itself and 1

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