Prime numbers have two factors. Composite numbers have more than two (but a finite number.)
Zero and one don't fit either of these categories.
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A Prime number has two factors whereas a composite number has more than two factors.
1 has only one factor which is 1. So it is neither prime nor composite.
0 is neither a prime nor a composite number.
Neither.
4564282 is 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.
neither prime or composite
Neither. The concept of prime and composite applies only to positive whole numbers [greater than 1].