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What is the three rule for prime and composite?

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If the integers of the number ad up to a number divisible by 3, the whole number is divisible by 3. A Prime number has only 2 factors which are 1 and itself. Composite numbers are everything else except 1 and 0. 1 and 0 are neither prime, nor composite.

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