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No, 8 is an even number. ALL prime numbers are odd numbers (excluding 2), that does not mean, however, that all odd numbers are prime numbers. Prime numbers do not have any divisors, even numbers do. Let's say the this number is 18. We know 1 and 18 are one set of divisors. But there are more: 2 and 9, and 3 and 6, thus concluding it is not a Prime number. Short list of prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53... and by now you should have noticed the pattern--all numbers that end in 1, 3, 7, 9 are prime.

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Is 88 a composite number or prime number?

88 is a composite number because it is an even number. All numbers greater than 8 and less than 100 are composites if they are even numbers, if they are multiples of 3 or 7, or if they end in 5 or 0.


Is 124 a prime number or a composite number?

Answer:124 is not a prime number. It is a composite number.Definition:A prime number has exactly two factors: 1 (also known as unity) and itself. A composite number has more than two factors; in other words, it has at least one factor besides 1 and itself.Explanation:Any number ending in 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8 is evenly divisible by 2, so it has 2 as a factor. 124 is also divisible by 2, so it is a composite number.


Common factors of 8 and 14?

Common factors of two or more given numbers are expressed as prime numbers that all given numbers can be divided by and still result in a whole number. The smallest prime number is 2. Since the largest of the two numbers (14) divided by 2 is 7, the primes that exist beginning with 2 and ending with 7 are: 2, 5 and 7 Since 8 is not divisible into a whole number by either 5 or 7, the only common factor for both 8 and 14 is 2.


A number is chosen at random from the first 20 positive whole numbers What is the probability that it is not a prime number?

There are 12 composite (and 8 primes) in the first twenty whole numbers. So the probability of randomly choosing a non-prime is 12/20 or 60%.


How do you tell if a number is prime?

A prime number cannot be divided by any other number except for 1 and itself and result in a whole number (positive integer). For example, 3 is a prime number. You can divide 3 by one or three and get a whole number. If you divide three by any other positive integer (for example 2) you get a fraction (or a decimal). 10 on the other hand is NOT a prime number. 10 is divisible by 1 and 10, but it is also divisible by 5 and 2: 10/2 = 5 10/5 = 2 If a number cannot be divided by any whole number other than itself or 1, with a whole number as the result the number is prime. 1/1=1 prime 2/2=1, 2/1=2 prime 3/3=1, 3/1=3 prime 4/4=1, 4/1=4, but 4 can also be divided by 2 with a whole number as the result 4/2=2, so it is not prime. Just think if are there any two numbers that can be multiplied together to get the number other than itself and 1. If there are, it is not prime. For example 25 is not prime bexuse 5x5=25. 13 is prime because no whole numbers, other than 13 and 1, can be multiplied together to get 13. 1-prime 2-prime 3-prime 4-not prime (2x2=4) 5-prime 6-not prime (2x3=6) 7-prime 8-not prime (2x4=8) 9-not prime (3x3=9) 10-not prime (2x5=10) 11-prime 12-not prime (3x4=12, 2x6=12)