How is 7 a prime number?

Answer 1

A Prime number states that the only things that can multiply to get to that number are 1 and that number. In this case, only 1 and 7 multiply together to get 7.

Answer 2

It is only divisible by 1 and itself, the definition of a prime number is a number that can only be divided by 1 and itself.

Answer 3

it can only be divided by 1 and itself that what ALL prime numbers are

Answer 4

7 is a prime number because its only positive integer divisors are 1 and itself.

Answer 5

A prime number has only 2 factors which are 1 and itself. Composite numbers are everything else except 1 and 0. 1 and 0 are neither prime, nor composite.

Answer 6

yes