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Would 1 be a prime number?

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13y ago
Updated: 10/17/2024

1 is neither a prime, nor a composite number. 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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