Whether a number is a Prime number or not is determined by its factors. It is a prime number if its only factors are 1 and itself.
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All numbers have factors. Some factors are prime numbers. These are known as prime factors. 2 and 3 are prime factors of 6. 1 and 6 are not prime factors of 6.
Prime numbers are 3 and 2. Factors are 1,2,3,6.
No. Prime factors are the numbers that make up other numbers, but they have to be prime. Prime factorisation is the process of finding the prime numbers that create a number. This is when you multiply the prime numbers together and the product is the original number. For example: 20 5x4 5x2x2 This process is called prime factorisation. In this case, the prime numbers are 2, 2, and 5.
Numbers that have more than two factors are not prime numbers because prime numbers have only two factors.
Prime numbers have two factors.