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A Prime number. Note: The number 1 itself is normally not considered a prime number.

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What name is given to a positive whole number that can only be divided by 1 or itself?

prime number


What is the highest and lowest factor?

Of any given positive number, the highest factor is the number itself, and the lowest factor is 1.


What positive number is the same its reciprocal?

The answer is 1.Reciprocal is the quantity obtained by dividing the number one by a given quantity. The reciprocal of x is 1/X. The only positive integer that is itself when divided into 1 is 1.


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A prime number is a positive integer with two factors: one and the number itself. If you test the numbers up to the square root and your number is not divisible by any of them, it's prime.


When you add a positive number by a negative number will it be negative or positive?

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What is a number that must be multiplied times itself to equal a given number?

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What is A number that when multiplied by itself equals the given number?

0 and 1. 1x1 = 1. The answer is itself!


What is the number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number is called what?

A square number.


What are positive factors?

A factor is a number or quantity that when multiplied with another produces a given number or expression. A positive factor is a factor that is positive, as opposed to negative.


What is a perfect squre number?

Given a number, if you can find another number (usually smaller than the given number) when multiplied by itself yields the original given number then the original given number is a perfect square number


What is a positive factor?

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