you can by starting with one and ask yourself, is this a factor? Then two, then three ect....
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Find the factors of the number. If the only factors are 1 and itself, it is prime.A prime number is a positive integer with two factors: one and the number itself.A composite number is a positive integer with more than two factors.
The prime factors of a squared number are the prime factors, if any, of its square root.
No, but it is hard to find factors.
To find the factors of a number you should first break that number down into its prime factors. In this case 65 can be broken down as: 65 = 5x13 To find any other factors, you then multiply any combination of these prime factors together. In this case, the factors of 65 come out as: 1, 5, 13 and 65.
"Factors come in pairs, so this is impossible." This statement is false. A number can have an odd number of factors by having the square root as one of the factors. Find a number with 12 factors and a square root.