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No --primes and composites are not the same. In fact they are mutually exclusive concepts. A Prime number is a number other than one that can only be divided by itself and one.

Examples are 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19. (There are infinitely many more)

A composite is a number with a divisor other than itself and one.

Examples are 4 ( 2 is a divisor), 6 ( 3 and 2 are divisors),15 ( 3 and 5 are divisors).

Every (positive whole) number is either prime or composite,

One is special- neither prime nor composite.

Prime - Divided only by 1 and itself.

Composite - can be divided by a number other than one and itself.

Bam bam simple math.

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