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No, they do not. If one of the prime numbers is 2, you will have an odd number.

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Q: Does two prime numbers always add up to an even number?
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Is it true that the sum of two prime numbers is always an even number?

Not quite.When two prime numbers of 3 and higher are added together, the result is always even, because all such prime numbers are odd numbers, and when two odd numbers are added together, the result is always an even number.However 2 is a prime number, and 2 is also an even number. Adding 2 (an even number) to a different prime number (an odd number) will always yield an odd number.Only if you don't include "2".


Is 550 a composite or prime number?

Any even number is always divisible by 2 and thus (apart from 2 itself) all even numbers can not be prime numbers.


Is even number times even number always even?

Yes, it is. Any whole number times an even number will be even. This is because whole numbers can be represented as the product of their prime factors. Every even number contains 2 as a prime factor (thereby excluding all even numbers above 2 from being prime.) Additionally, the product of any two numbers is equal to the product of their prime factors. This means that the result of multiplying an even number by a whole number will always have a prime factor of 2, making it an even number.


Will a prime number always have an odd numbers of factors?

All prime numbers have only 2 factors which are themselves and one. Al prime numbers are odd numbers except for 2 which is the only even prime number.


Is 8 both prime and even?

No, as a matter of fact there is no such thing as a prime and even number. Even numbers will always be able to divide by two.


When you add two prime numbers together why do you get an even number?

You don't always. 2 + 5 = 7, for example. But all prime numbers other than 2 are odd and two odd numbers always equal an even number when added together.


Why are 2 and 3 the only consecutive prime numbers?

And they are the ONLY consecutive prime numbers because if you have one prime number (i.e. 29), then there always is an even number right after the prime number (i.e. 30 comes right after 29), and consecutive means "right next to," right? And we all know that even numbers can always be divided in half, so 2 and 3 are the only consecutive prime numbers.


Can the sum of two prime numbers be a prime number?

Yes, but since 2 is the only even prime number and the sum of two odd numbers is always even, one of the two prime numbers being added will always be a 2. So, for example: 3 + 2 = 5 11 + 2 = 13 71 + 2 = 73


What 2 prime numbers whose sum is not a prime number?

Becouse every prime number (except 2) is odd, the sum of 2 prime numbers will always be even (and 2 is the only even prime). The exceptions are 11 and 2 for example; 11 = prime, 2 = prime and 13=prime.


What are even numbers that are also prime numbers?

The only even prime number is 2.


Can a whole number ending in 6 be prime?

No, because you know 6 is even which means the number 2 can always go into even numbers.


Is the number 744 a prime number?

The only prime even number is 2. As all the rest of even numbers are divisible by 2, they cannot be prime numbers