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Why is 58 composite?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Because it is divisible by a number other than 1 and itself. To be a Prime number 58 would have to have no other divisors other than 1 and 58, which in this case is not true. 58 is divisible by 2 and 29 also, which makes it composite.

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