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Absolutely not. A square number has an integer square root, so by definition it has at least one factor. Prime numbers have no factors

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Q: Are square numbers also prime numbers?
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Is there any prime numbers that are square numbers?

No, there are no prime numbers that are also square numbers. Prime numbers are only divisible by 1 and themselves, while square numbers have integer square roots. Since the square root of a prime number is not an integer, a prime number cannot be a square number.


Are there any prime numbers that also square numbers give an example or explain why not.?

Square numbers can't be prime. They have too many factors.


What square numbers below 100 are also prime numbers?

A [perfect] square number, by definition, has a factor which is its square root. As a result it CANNOT be a prime!


Are there any prime numbers that are also square numbers?

i would say no


What are the numbers that are prime as well as a square number?

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Why are the prime numbers called square numberrs?

They're not. Prime numbers and square numbers are different things.


What is a square prime number?

An oxymoron. Prime numbers can't be square. Square numbers can't be prime. You can square a prime number: 3 x 3 - 32 = 9


Are there any prine numbers that are square numbers?

There are no prime numbers that are square numbers


Are there prime numbers that are square numbers?

No.


What square numbers are there before 100 which are prime numbers?

A square number, by definition, cannot be a prime so the answer is there are no such numbers.A square number, by definition, cannot be a prime so the answer is there are no such numbers.A square number, by definition, cannot be a prime so the answer is there are no such numbers.A square number, by definition, cannot be a prime so the answer is there are no such numbers.


Are all square numbers also composite numbers explain?

Every square number (except 1) is composite. Prime numbers only have two factors, one and the numbers themselves. Since square numbers also have at least the square roots as factors, they have to be composite.


Can you make any square number out of only two prime numbers?

I might be reading this incorrectly, but it seems to me that I can take two prime numbers, 3 and 3, and make the square number nine out of them. This is also true of all the other prime numbers.