A Prime number is any number that only has one and itself as factors. Therefore, any number that has more than two factors is not prime. Check the the factors of a number to tell if it is prime or not.
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They are all odd, and they are all prime numbers
All of the prime numbers are odd except for two.
Except for 2 all other prime numbers are odd. Otherwise, they would be divisible by 2 (and thus not a prime number). This does NOT mean that all odd numbers are prime, but that all prime numbers (aside from 2) are odd.
This is because they are only two factors in that number. It may seem to you that all prime numbers odd, but it is not true. Most of them however, are prime numbers. This is why most of the odd numbers are prime numbers.
All even numbers except 2 are divisible and thus not prime. There is no such number for odd numbers, and there is in fact just one even prime and infinitely many odd primes.