Composite numbers having three factors are the squares of all prime numbers. Examples are 4 (1 2 4), 9 (1 3 9), 25 (1 5 25), 49 (1 7 49), 121 (1 11 121), 169 (1 13 169), 289 (1 17 289), 361 (1 19 361), etc.
Chat with our AI personalities
All numbers have factors. Some factors are prime numbers, some are composite numbers, one is neither. The factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12 Since 4, 6 and 12 are composite numbers, they are the composite factors of 12.
18 is a composite number having the factors 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and 18. The composite numbers that are factors of 18 are 6, 9, and 18.
Composite numbers have more than 2 factors.
141 is a composite numbers. Its factors are 1, 3, 47, and 141.
== == Yes. Once we open the field from integers to composite numbers, the gloves come off and lots of things are possible. Example: 1 1/2 = 3 x 1/3. The factor 3 is prime. All composite numbers have prime numbers as factors. Examples: 4 is a composite number of 2 x 2. 38 is a composite number of 2 x 19. 66 is a composite number of 2 x 3 x 11. == ==