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.
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Prime designates numbers with exactly two factors. Composite designates numbers with more than two factors.
Prime numbers are numbers with only two factors. Composite numbers are numbers with more than two factors.
If you mean 3235 then it is a composite number because it has more than two factors
If you mean the product, that's by definition. A composite number has smaller factors. If you multiply two positive integers, none of which is 1, together, then it follows that the product has smaller factors - namely, the numbers you multiplied together.
Composite numbers are integers or whole numbers that contain more than two factors in them. Prime numbers are also integers but only have two factors which are themselves and one.