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Technically they are not but they are different, being the opposite subset of integers. Any integer other than 0 or 1 is either prime or composite.
A Prime number has only two factors which are 1 and itself. A composite number has factors that include other primes.
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Is 29 a prime number composite?
No, because prime and a composite number are the opposite and cannot be the same.
What is the opposite of a prime number?
The 'opposite' status of a number that is not prime is a composite number.Except for 0 and 1, all numbers that are not prime (i.e. they are multiples of other numbers) are called composite numbers.The opposite of a prime number would be a number that is not prime. Almost all numbers that are not prime are composite numbers. A prime number is a number that has exactly two factors. A composite number has more than two factors. However, composite numbers do not include all numbers that are not prime. The number 1 has only one factor, so it is neither prime nor composite - it is unity.
Are composite numbers the opposite of prime?
Composite numbers are distinct from prime numbers, but not completely opposite.
What is the opposite word for the prime number?
A composite number is a number that has more divisors than 1 and itself.
What are the opposite of prime numbers?
The opposite of prime numbers are composite numbers.
