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Because it can only be divided by itself and 1 (the prime)
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What is you called when the prime factorization of a number is 1 and itself?
You is called a prime number!You is called a prime number!You is called a prime number!You is called a prime number!
What is it called when a number can only be divided by one and itself?
a prime number.
What is it called when you show a composite number as a product or prime number?
Showing a composite number as a product of prime numbers is called prime factorization.
Why do you get a prime number answer to a prime number question?
The question is tautological. If the answer was not a prime number then thye question would not be called a prime number question!
What is a whole number as a product of a prime number is called?
prime factorization
What is it called when you write a composite number as a product of its primes?
It is called the prime factorisation (or prime decomposition) of the composite number.
What is a number written as the product of its prime factors called?
It is the prime factorisation of the number.
What is a number with two factors called?
a number with only 2 factors (1 and itself ) is called a prime number
Breaking down a number to its prime numbers is called?
Factoring. The breakdown itself is called the number's prime factorization.
What is writing a number as a product of primes called?
Writing a number as the product of its prime factors is called prime factorization.
What is it called when their is no number for a factor?
The number is prime.
What is a number that has only two factors called?
A prime number.
