To distinguish them from prime numbers. Composite means "made up of various parts or elements." Prime numbers have one and only one factor pair. Composite numbers have a various number of factor pairs, but always more than one.
Numbers which has other factors aside from 1 and themselves are called composite numbers.
Numbers that are not prime numbers are called composite numbers.
Yes. Since numbers 9 and 10 are not prime, they are composite. Those numbers that are divisible by some other number are called composite numbers.
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They are the composite numbers, products of primes and their multiples. All even numbers are composite, except the number two (2) which is prime.
Let's say that the concept of "prime numbers" and "composite numbers" is defined for a certain class of numbers, specifically, positive integers, 2 or greater.
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