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Why are all prime numbers except 2 odd?

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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.

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Because if they were even, they'd be divisible by 2, as well.

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