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You will know because a Prime number can only be divided by itself and one (1), if it can be divided by anything else then you will know that it is not a prime number.

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if it can only divide by 2 numbers itself and 1 it is prime if it can divide by any other number it is not or in the case of 1 it can only be divided by 1 number so it is still not

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You will know because a Prime number can only be divided by itself and one (1), if it can be divided by anything else then you will know that it is not a prime nu

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