For a number to be prime, it must have factors, or numbers that go into it, other than 1 and itself. Since 2 goes into every even number, almost every even number is prime. One exception: the number 2. This is because two's only factors are 2 and 1.
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2 is even, and it is a prime number. No other even number is prime, since by definition, an even number has 2 as a factor.
No. No even number can be prime and 992 is an even number.
37 is an odd prime number
There are an infinite number of odd prime numbers, but 2 is the only even prime .
An prime number is a number that can be divided by one and itself. Every even number can be divided by two, so the only two even prime numbers are 2, and -2.